Well, it was hard to start when it was a rainy season and I wasn still trying to manage my vacations :) 11 hours flight from London to Bangkok on the 30-th of September and I changed rainy English weather for humid and somehow sunny one - +35.., but it was still pouring.

Maybe I will shock Budget travellers  but my hotel was full 5* in the centre of Bangkok (sushi for breakfast included :) Lebua at State Tower, suite for $78 per day!!! Amazing :)))

The best thing in Lebua was an open air Sky bar on the top of the building with such a panoramic view of the night bangkok that just rocked me.

An Irish Pub Molly Mellone's serves good food and at least you can drink a cider there!

Three days later I got a plane of Bangkok Airlines to Phuket and transfered to new hotel - Serenity Otrigger. The same luck this time - suite with sea view for $56, breakfast included.

Phuket is a big part of Thailand. It doesn't matter that other people think it's small. It takes 1.5 hours to get to different beaches: Patong, Kata, Tha Lang. The main attractions for tourists - disco bars, night clubs, the best sea-food restaurants are in Patong Beach. Kata Beach is more quiet, but some small bars with plenty of Thai girls are always open till late hours for Asian culuture explorers.

Chalong Bay is an area with a big shopping centre in the centre of Phuket town, where you can buy clothes and shoes from European and Western brands.

Don't expect the sunny weather till the end of October. It mostly rains but there are also nice and sunny days time by time.

One of the sunny days was a trip to Phi Phi Island, Maya bay (the place where the famous moview with Leonardo Di Caprio was filmed). My nose was peeling later from too much of sun :) but the trip was great in general.

I would advise to visit James Bond Island and make a photo in front of that famous rock ;)

Enjoy my photos and ask me any questions.