Rico's Hotel in Patong, Phuket

The taxi driver from the airport dropped us off at the end of Bangla Road in Patong. Per, who had been in Patong before the tsunami in 2004, had problems to establish a fix location point since he only recognized a few buildings - they were still patching and rebuilding all over city's central area.

We hadn't arranged for a place to stay before arriving to Patong. Didn't know for how long we were going to stay in the area. When we reached the beach with our backpacks two guys tipped us about Rico's Hotel, an "almost opened" hotel on a small Soi to Bangla Road.

Found out that "almost opened" meant that the construction of the hotel was just about to be finished. We were the first guests in the room we got - a really nice one!

Bangla Road isn't the most silent road in Patong. There's always something going on (e.g. a dragon dancing by) and its night life defines the area, it's busy and noisy. Had no problems to sleep though - the Soi Bangla Square that the hotel was located on was really quiet.

Part of a dragon in motion.