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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- My Honest Thoughts on Phuket, Thailand - A Comprehensive Travel Guide! In this travel vlog, I give you an in-depth and candid overview of what it's really like to visit Phuket. This tropical island is known for its stunning beaches, vibrant culture, and bustling street markets, but what about the negatives? In this video, I share my honest thoughts on Phuket, including the pros and cons, so you can decide for yourself if it's the right destination for you.
From stunning beaches like Patong Beach, and Surin, to the bustling nightlife in Bangla Road, I take you on a journey through Phuket and share my favorite experiences. I also share some insider tips and tricks to help you make the most out of your trip.
If you're planning a trip to Thailand, don't miss out on this comprehensive guide to Phuket. Whether you're a first-time visitor or a seasoned traveler, this video will give you everything you need to know to make the most out of your visit. So, sit back, relax, and watch My Honest Thoughts on Phuket, Thailand now
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Great that you started showing the nicer places in Phuket mate. My favourite beaches are Nai Harn and Kata beach in the south but all beaches away from Patong are great.
another awesome update with great content. some great drone footage too
My first ever visit to Thailand was a vacation in Surin Beach. Back then it looked different. Many good beach front restaurants but it was pricy. I would say it was more pricy than in Patong for sure. Nightlife almost no exiting back then but beach was beautiful for sure. After years of traveling to Thailand I stayed in Patong, Kamala and Kata as well buy Surin beach is my favorite place.
Surin beach is looking beautiful.
Enjoyed watching this video 👍
So true Keis there is so much more to Phuket than just patong the surrounding beaches are amazing and same with the other side, Mai khad beach, Rawai beach for some great seafood. Kaneang pier if you really want a different change. I still love patong however the Island is just amazing. Yes if you hire a bike please be careful. Great vlog keis, stay safe mate
Surin Beach looks amazing! We have always enjoyed the Expat and family areas. We put this on the list for places in Thailand we want to visit next.
Good video and it got me watching your channel again. I'm glad you got out of Patong, I really don't like it either. I can't stand being hassled in the street by merchants and hard time men. I always stay at Kata beach when I go to Thailand. Good on you for warning folks to be careful on bikes. I am currently badly injured from a head-on with my bike (RE Himalayan) 411 and a 1993 Holden Rodeo ute so ride safe people as it's no fun not being able to walk.
Great chill background song and nice editing! 👍
I grew up as a toddler in Thailand in the mid to late 80s, things are very different now but I'll always have love for Thailand, it's people and it's rich culture. What a place.
Kamala quickly became my favourite spot in Phuket after I stayed at the Novotel there a couppe years ago. Had been to phuket 5 times and had only ever stayed in Patong or Rawai. Would go straight back to Kamala after my last stay. Beautiful spot.
Surin and Bang Tao are definitely paradise on earth! Wish I was still back there here in the US we just got 8 inches of snow! 😄
Love it in kamala will be there on tuesday!
cool vid
Love your videos dude. I absolutely love Phuket and hoping to come back in a few months. Might catch up with you if you're still there! Cheers bro
Informative. Cheerful. All good.
I only stayed in Patong for my nightlife videos aswell, I prefer Karon or Kathu! Nice video bro
Good to see you rocking the drone man. Sick footage!
Surin was the first beach in Thailand I went to, back in 2013. There used to be several beach clubs and restaurants but the Thai army knocked them down (I think in 2014) because they didn't have permits. It looked a bit of mess for a while with rubble everywhere but from your video it looks like things have worked out for the better now.
I once stayed in Patoong and while it was good, it was a little too touristy, much like a Kuta vibe. Went around to Karon and it was perfect. Way more chilled.
I’ve spent a lot of time in Phuket and Paton is a completely different world than the rest of the island. Nai Harn, Kata, Rawai are much more relaxed.
I enjoyed this one Adam
Check out Nai Harn Beach down in the south. My favourite Beach in Phuket.
Phuket so beautiful island 😲🥹😊🤙❤️🏝🏖🌴
And this year, a well-known American travel magazine named Phuket as the best island in Asia. and top of the world In second place is Samui island.
I like the pine trees at Surin beach, It felt like home, Boston.
In Phuket now also and been coming since 88' have lived here too but man the place is too crowded now. Still good fun and great beaches but I will be only doing the low season in future. Cool vid mate
Audi in Surin Beach is my go to. Will move to Surin soon.
Phuket has several famous water parks and a festival section for night shows. And there are many famous department stores such as Jungceylon mall, Central fesival mall, King Power mall , in the future is Blueport mall.
Love this place
Next time your in phuket PLEASE visit nans bar in karon. Its just across phuket orchid resort! I was there 2 weeks ago and i miss it already. Super nice girls and great music!
Great video💪🏽 Where you get all those dope tshirts?
what song is in the background for some of this video? its a jam
Great clip buddy what location is this I am coming to Thailand solo travel 15th match for 9 weeks Bangkok pattaya krabi Phuket then koh phangan are they places I plan to visits. How to you get the beach snaps look great 👍🏻 😅
Funny you stopped at that exact spot where the elephants were. I live directly across the road from there!
Such a vibe what was the name of the track at 1:40 good mood music
Patong is a tourist trap so much more to see in Phuket.
I just seen on TNT news tim said that phuket has had over 500 forienger motor bike accidents in the last two months. so ride safe.
Yep and the majority are either people who have never rode a bike before or idiots going extremely fast
Great video. I wish u took the time to learn Thai ❤ i believe that would be a game changer for your channel. Cuz I know u are a hardworker! U did learn korean, i been watching since those videos 😅 so why not Thai? Seems like your channel is staggering, i wish your channel all success Adam 🙏🙏🙏 would be rly fun seeing u interact with locals, white boy farang 😅😂 all the best mate 🙏❤
My Thai is coming along well, the majority of my videos, I do not show the interactions, but I can assure you, I use Thai frequently 😊
hi.keis..im in patong 20 may for my birthday.
Yes
I was there its an really nice Elephant Sanctuary we where swimming, walking, feeding the Elephants and on the end we cooked with the ohter ppl Pad Thai together and ate :)
my first time at Surin beach -89 there was one family that had a small food wagon, nothing more
Thanks for showing us this place. I will visit in the future but my 1st love is Pattaya.
Yes, looks quite busy compared to Patts......and expensive! I think the influx of a certain nationality with their money, has affected prices?
Same goes for me. Pattaya's beaches are beautiful enough for me.
Yeah boys I prefer Pattaya, I’m here right now lol
In august I will visit Patong again 🥳🍻
@Sonny Try to come to Pattaya too?
Even Nai Harn is super crowded nowadays compared to >5-6 years ago...still nice though..better than at work in the city!
6 of us are going to Phuket in October. Everyone says its expensive. Looks a really nice place tho . Cheers Adam
Don’t forget that shooting range opposite the tiger park , oh there’s a go kart track there too....
First visited Phuket in 1992 and the beaches were crystal clean and beautiful. Even after lots of development they are still pretty nice today but I think they could do a better job keeping them clean. On my last visit I did not see many people picking up trash and there always seems to be a lack of bins. You would think keeping them clean would be their top priority. I will add that I went to Bali recently and found the beaches to be really dirty so hoping this does not happen to Thailand. What did you observe and what are your thoughts on this? Cheers!
Damn dirty apes!!! I wish I could live in the past and see the greatness you experienced. I'm cut my feet on broken glass here in America many times.
Kuta beach very dirty😢. But in sout part of bali beach is beautyfull and Nusa penida also very nice place.
2:45 location please so I can add on my tour list as traveling to Phuket in august
Interesting views.I have been coming to Thailand for over 25 years.compared to most places in the world it’s still very good value.if your young most always have a smaller budget so I guess save a little more cash before you come and you will enjoy the delights of the fabulous land of smiles.
One thing that the Thai government is now doing is to try to avoid the cheap package and backpacking tourists for the very reason they hardly spend anything and since covid Thailand needs to seriously recover.great to watch your journey.
I love surin beach
Yeah phuket has the best easy access beaches, you can get cheaper food i have a friend that has a little hotel in Kata and she cooks, its right in the market and its not expensive, all the main tourist restaurants are expensive, have a great time there mate 👍👍🙏🙏
Welcome back Keis, must have been a rough one..🤣🤣
It’s not over yet! Haha
I saw you in Patong
Love your content, just realized that your name would be the perfect drug kingpin name LOL
Aha, the main man is back. No doubt after birthday celebrations 🤪 🥳
Haha yeah. A little rough but all good!
Are there any car rental places on Phuket?
"Just be very careful when riding a bike.." said keis while riding a bike and holding his camera in one hand 😆
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bro i want that shirt, where can i find it
How do you keep your laptop safe in Thailand? any tips?
From people in your room? Just be careful who you bring.. put it in a safe if you can, be careful inviting strangers to your room, the hotels usually ask girls for ID when they come, so that’s good for security for you.
Hey bro are you filming on your iPhone when on the streets with the selfie stick? :)
GoPro 9 bro! All my gear is linked in the description if ur curious.. I’m a diehard gopro guy 😊
Nice the gang is here :D
@CarnisChampion. Nice to see you back too 👍
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@@Ian4444four Thank you :D
@@Sonny.E Thank you! :D
Personally, I really like Patong. But, there are sooo many other less-crowded, less expensive, chill places nearby.
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Wow a rare second!!
@@keisone '23 not so good for @Sonny? Did they move his office at TH-cam HQ?! 😉
Whahaha 🥳🍻
I’m not in the Netherlands
But TH-cam getting slower in Europe 😉
Do you make photo or video if renting the bike? Just to avoid any complaining of damages.
Yeah took a detailed video of the bike and a million photos
Sup dude, random message but go do a cholesterol test. I spent 3 years in Thailand eating exactly like you are doing and my LDL (bad cholesterol) sky rocketed like crazy up to dangerously high levels. Coconut milk used in Thai food is one of the culprits...
Hey man hope that elephant sanctuary has improved its animal welfare since 2018. I went running up to out there one early morning from patong to there. Elephant handlers were waking up the elephants for work. Get this - by whacking them on the heads with hammers! Fired me up a fair bit! About 5 minutes later a couple of drunk Russians skidded out on scooters around one of those ever-repeating curves and one ended clipping me on the shin. I pulled him out of a sewer ditch and he thanked me by taking a swing. Adrenaline took over and I gave him a meaty upper cut that his beer belly could not handle. Seconds later Thai cops arrived and we all copped fines for public violence. Freakin’ Crumps!
whole Phuket = Little Russia now 😅
Haha its so true tho and this is coming from my Russian friends.
that’s an understatement
everybody talking about ukraine but nobody is talking about the phuket invasion
People drink and ride, thats the biggest reason for accidents, And as you say no ride skills , Thank for nice video, live up in North Isaan
we cant drink and ride right?
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Yoooooo 🇦🇺
I have been to Phuket, and Thailand for my first time in November. I was there for a month, booked a week in Old Town, week in Patong and 2 weeks in Surin. Patong is just worst place in Phuket imo. The prices are very high, it looks very dirty comparing to other places. After living for 2 days in Patong, i left over to Karon, i could not stand the Patong. I have driven through all island, and i loved Karon/Kata the most.
Good vid mate, we been to Thailand a few times, your right, get out of Patong, we are going over again (from NZ) at the end of March, going to Bangkok, Koh Samui and Hua Hin, first time to KS and HH, might hire a bike in Koh Samui (maybe safer). thanks for the code for Surfshark, will definitely sign up when we go, cheers Keis
Phuket and Pattaya are two very different parts of Thailand. Population wise Pattaya is at least twice the size of Phuket. Pattaya is also much closer to Bangkok and gets a lot of Bangkok tourists on weekends and holidays which brings in much more money for the local Pattaya economy.
As was mentioned Phuket gets a lot of families and at the moment is getting a flood of Russians and their families which is undoubtedly helping the Phuket economy.
Both Phuket and Pattaya not to mention Bangkok are great places to visit and offer different aspects of Thai business and tourism.
How did it turn in Russia? What happened to all the Thai culture?
Do you need a drivers license to ride around on a motorbike in Thailand?
Very nice travelogue. But I'm staying with Pattaya.
I’m in Pattaya right now haha
@@keisone You are the lucky one. I have to wait until May.
Is it as many russians as I am hearing? Apparently they are everywhere in Bangla Road.
I love Phuket but hate Patong the 2 have to be looked at in isolation,
Do not judge Phuket!!. Bless.
Hi Keis.. the vpn looks like a false information.. "your" offer links to the regular price.. so its not a special discount.. its just the same like the regular... i tried your link and on a different browser in privat mode the regular website.. Same discount with same repeating value for the next 24 month.. so hope you are happy that they pay you ;)
patong is so boring, after living there some months get so boring, same bar girls, no thai, no thai food, crazy people driving without helmet, getting crazy expensive..flights now 8000 bahts to bangkok, crazy
I absolutely hated Patong and avoided it completely. Kamala and Surin are the best 2 beaches in my opinion although Kata is pretty good too
Its little Russia xD
It definitely is !!!
Do you need a license for riding a bike?
Those Elephants have been tortured to behave like that! Stay away from them nasty money making tricks! If nobody paid to see them, they would be left alone in the jungle!
Same with Tiger Kingdom. They are so doped up they can barely move.
You don’t know anything but brainwashed by NGO animal activists!
@@stegura83 Give me evidences, dude.
@@jomontanee I spent a whole day 5am-5pm at Tiger Temple with an Aussie working there. They aren’t drugged, like all cats they play in the mornings and eat and are then very tired and sleep and rest all afternoon , the same time as the tours start. When I was there the Tigers were very active in the early morning and after they ate, they slept in the shade
@@jomontanee After living in Thailand for for 37 years I did get a feel for the place! You think the baby Elephants just walked away from the heard to join the circus ?
I have to agree with you..Bangla Rd and Patong can be a bit much (noisy) and costly (girls). I did stay on Kata Beach at Two Chef's Inn ($30 on Agoda app) and loved it. Getting out of Patong, seeing old Town, Nai Harn Beach, Longtail boats off of Rawai Beach...if you get yourself stuck on Bangla Rd and the like, it can be costly.
My nephew (an experienced Thailand traveler) was there a few months ago, said he felt like everyone was tryna jack you on prices. Hey ! They've been lonely these past few years, can't really blame them. I say buy em a beer, and make new friends
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Dont encorage the jacking up of prices ffs! Thats exactly what u dont need.
@@jamesmorrin2729 To late bud it's been around for a while now
$3 for every 100 bt
I ride all around thialand but not in phuket it's just too dangerous to many different nationalities riding around a little lost and a lot drunk....not a good combination I'm in the North East of the country and its 😍 careful kiess we don't wanna lose ya
Spent 3 months in Phuket and couldnt wait to get out lol
Its good cause is still Thailand and is better than Uk or Europe but... Phuket is the worst part of Thailand with no culture and no local spots anymore. Even places we call local places in Phuket are not local at all 🫣
The text and the title are misleading for this video
i was there 6 days ago elephants kept lifting people up with there trunks for photos, its wrong its not a nice place
Another great vid mate . I use to hire a Mopehead all the time but i hear they are cracking down on unlicenced . Do you recommend we get a licence in our own country first .Have you your bike lincence in Aus?
Ride at your own risk. Surin to Rawai ...if your not a very experienced rider walk .phuket has big problems if your young n dumb ....don't come
My friend owns 2 hotels in Phuket. He asked me to send a couple of Russian flags which he couldnt find there. I asked him why and he said both hotels were full of only Russians. I guess it is the new Black Sea for Russians.
Kamala is good over patong
Surfshark is crap in China however 🤣🤣🤣
Far tooo Benidorm, Phuket is ruined.
Im so happy that I have stated to get used to skip famous beaches in my travels. For people looking for true feeling or other types of feelings Id say: TRY TO SKIP BEACHES in your travels. Youd have an eye opener...I understand it can add value with a beach. But make it a challenge.
I sound so stuck up I know but Thailand is overrated....it is so accessible so you wont get any type of real thrills. Im going to real places but wont mention them Sorry 🤣🤣🤣🤣
so many road/bike accidents because people with little or NO riding experience riding motorbikes of any size they want and thinking they don't need to think while they ride... or worse, drinking a few beers and thinking its still ok to ride... stupidity and inexperience causes most of those accidents!!
I don't think you can call a place at the side of the road an elephant sanctuary, it looks like the elephants are been used to make money not that there welfare is the main concern. Please stop promoting these types of establishments. Alot of cruelty goes on behind the scenes.
He seems like a bit of an idiot for saying it's 'Very cool!' . It is clearly animal abuse and exploitation.
The Russian invasion 😅