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This is a post what many travelers are missing out on! No introduction I think is needed for this place. Those who have been to Phuket and Patong Beach before must have also visited this travelers’ hot spot. For other travelers who are planning to visit Phuket, you must have also heard about these lively night scenes. Where am I referring to here? It has the most happening nightlife in Phuket. It sleeps at day and wake up at night. It’s also the heaven to those ‘desperate’ man. Bingo! It’s Bangla Street of Patong, Phuket. How much do I love Bangla Street?

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We stayed in Safari Beach Hotel which is just around the corner from Bangla Street (highly recommended hotel if you’re staying in Patong). So on the night itself after we arrived at Patong Beach, tried some local foods, did some shopping in Jungceylon, dived into the sea of Andaman in the evening, shot some exciting sun-setting, and took a bath in the hotel, we headed back out again at night to take our first seafood dinner in Patong and off course, to do some pub crawling at Bangla Street!

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Welcome to Patong!

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The real crowds at Bangla Street drew in very late. When we passed by it at around 8pm, there were still not many people seen on the street.

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But pubs and restaurants already started their business…

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However, It was the best chance for me to take some photographs over those pubs freely without any obstructions from the crowd.

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FBI in Phuket? It’s actually Finest Bar In Thailand night club. :)

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We chose this 99 Restaurant along Rat-U-Thit Road at the end of Bangla Road because of this huge signboard of 99! We did not expect any surprises from here as what you can see from their signboard, they are mainly for tourists!

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We picked and ordered some simple seafood without the lobster. The food tastes fine but not as good as our lunch at Jungceylon. The price is reasonable. It cost us RM200 for 6 of us.

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Too full for beers? Nevermind, we took a walk along Rat-U-Thit Road. Rat-U-Thit is the main road in Patong and you can find various souvenir shops and stalls along both sides of the road.

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Jean loves these very much…

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These lanterns are beautiful… but not the Chinese wording. I know Chinese language but I don’t understand what they are writing. They are just single words being copied and pasted. :(

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This is interesting…. tools and weapons for self protection. Do we need any in Phuket?

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We were a bit thirsty and we caught this Gelato shop. We tried a scoop. Not bad. But I’m looking forward to try the original in Rome this May! :)

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Along the Beach Road, there are many up market seafood restaurants and bars also.

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What a contrast. A pinoy band singing in front of the ‘Four Faces Buddha‘ statue.

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Alright! It’s time to go back to Bangla Street. First look at this Bangla Area Map. It’s the directories of all bars along the road. There are easily more than 100 drinking holes there. Read also the warning on top right corner: Have Fun, Be Safe, Look After Your Bag. Let’s go bar hopping!! :)

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Crowds started to come in from all over Phuket…

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Drinkers started to fill the space of all bars…

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The highlight of the street! Lady boys in action!

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Look at the crowds. People were drawn into the frontage of this lady boy bar.

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Not only lady boys performance, they are also pole dancing show on 1st floor.

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The best spot to see these show is not inside it (though we did drink inside to get them up close… and up skirt) but the bars opposite the road with road side seating.

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Lay boys podium dancing! Oh my god! Do you have the same body figures as them, ladies? It’s actually against Buddhism restrictions to disclose their bodies in public. If you are coming to Phuket for Buddhism travel, stay away from Bangla Street at all times.

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Instead of mugs on coasters in Europe, bars in Patong serve bottled beers in beer jacket with attractive graphics.

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The red light district of Patong and Phuket. It was stimulating indeed. Most of them are on offer to be tourists’ ‘escorts’.

Apart from drinking, there are also dancing clubs and snooker centers around the area. We had a really good time on the first night in Patong. Beers are cheap at around THB50. Cigarettes are being sold at dedicated stalls only for THB90 per packet of 20′s. There were so many bar girls for patrons to grab away (that’s what Bangla Street is infamous for) but just try to behave yourself. Drugs are illegal in Thailand though many patrons having fun here are taking soft drugs such as Cannabis and Yah Bah. I’m not one of them. Alchohol had made me high enough to do anything crazy… :)Travel Feeder, the ultimate travel photo blog

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All photos was taken with Nikon D60 with Nikkor 35mm f1.8 lens.

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cecil on February 26th, 2010

If you are visiting Malaysia, one of the top places to go in Malaysia should include the Langkawi Island in northern Peninsular Malaysia. What can you see in Langkawi? Other than beaches or Perdana Gelleria, the next hot spot to go must be this crocodile farm. In fact there are not much things you can see in Langkawi but this farm surely worth a visit. Langkawi Crocodile Farm or Taman Buaya Langkawi in Malay is a 20-Acre-Land featuring over 1000′s of crocodiles in various species and also alligators, in a few separated man-made ponds.

I went there last year on my company trip to Langkawi. It has been 10 years since my last time there and there are still reasons to revisit this island.

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After paying RM8 entrance fees, visitors could explore the garden the way you like freely. The main pond is the biggest with pedestrian bridge built over it.

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Visitors could walk slowly on this bridge overlooking many crocodiles doing all sorts of activities resembling their real lives.

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The environment within this 2o acre compound is very nice, comfortable, clean with lush greenery.

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Wow, look at that! What’s the species of these crawling crocodile?

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Further strolling down the walking path, we came to the show pond. No seating provided, visitors have to stand around the stage to watch the ‘man vs crocodile’ live performances.

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There are 2 ‘old’ and tamed but big crocodiles in 2 small ponds. First of them came out of water to start the show…

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Why is he opening his big jaw with sharp teeth? Any prey around? The audience?

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Oops! He actually just woke up and waiting his teeth to be brushed! :)

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Simple action. The crocodile went back into the pond to sleep again after that. Lazy creature…

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Now. The highlight of the day came. The second giant crocodile is coming!

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Anaconda?

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Water being sprayed onto her rapidly as she was crawling up. A hot tempered one I guess… :)

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Dang dang…. dang dang… dang dang…..dang dang….

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Hi! How are you? Stay your head up will you?

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Don’t move babe! I’m on your back…

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Freeze!

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Oh no! She is opening her mouth! Run! Guy Run!

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Don’t worry! Superman is here…

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Err… let me test whether her teeth or my arm is stronger…

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It’s more than 4m in length! Ladies and gentlemen, the show is over.

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We continued to walk through the bridge over pond.

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Wondering what are they doing? Sleeping? Chatting? Playing? Dying?

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It suddenly rained. Look at them! They are alive! They definitely love rains!

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We came to another pond. Oh no! These crocodiles are not friendly at all! They are looking for preys! They are mouth watering…

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Oh I see. This is the feeding pond where crocodiles who are starving will crawle to here to look for real food, fresh meat. Only difference is there are served by trainers.

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Bye bye! Food’s finished! Not full enough? Try to be stronger next time!

Other than that, visitors could also find a restaurant and a souvenirs shop inside the Langkawi Crocodile Farm. For RM8 per entry, you can spend your time there from 9am to 6pm. We stayed there for one and 1 half hour and that should be enough unless you are having lunch there or wandering in the souvenir shop. “Is it worth to go?” Should pay a visit if you haven’t been there before. “Is this post worth to read?” Must subscribe to my Feed via RSS or email if you haven’t done so! :)Travel Feeder, the ultimate travel photo blog

The above photos were captured with Panasonic Lumix FZ28

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Happy Lunar New Year of Tiger again! Sorry if you think these are too much but I just couldn’t resist myself from posting more photos of this new year celebration. If  you happened to be here in Malaysia as a visitor, you must have seen all these decorations in Kuala Lumpur during this festive season. If you are not, you might still have seen these in the TV or over the internet as part of  the decorations around the world where there are Chinese to celebrate. If you haven’t seen anything like these this year, here are some beautiful decorations for this lunar new year celebration in Kuala Lumpur Pavilion shopping mall. Be the one to celebrate with us during this festival!

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Being the latest addition of megamall in KL, Pavilion has dumped in plenty of money to decorate its premise during lunar New Year of Tiger.

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I just couldn’t choose the best to post it here, so I posted them all! These shots are about the hanging lantern decoration at the main entrance.

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Also this….

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.. and this… :)

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This is the last photo. Enough?

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You should have seen this crystal bowl fountain display at day. This is how this Feng Shui bowl looks at night with colourful lighting…

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It changed to green colour after a while…

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… and now is blue colour…

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… and purple colour also…

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Crystal bowl fountain? Yes. It’s really a fountain… :)

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These bowls is situated in the middle of the main entrance of Pavilion. You can also see those hanging lanterns behind it.

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What a roaring New Year of Tiger!!

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All these decorations have made me think of my trip to South Yangtze China.

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Red lanterns for prosperity in Chinese belief.

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Pavilion has now turned into Xin Tian Di of shanghai!

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Am I in China?

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Plum blossom or Mei Hua (梅花) is the national flower of China and we can see them in Pavilion KL now!

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Before I leave, just another 2 shots on red lantern. Wishing you good fortune and prosperous this year!

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I like the mood of this  photo. :)

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Last but not least, booths in conjunction with Lunar New Year are set up at the basement lobby. Visitors could shop for some Chinese New Year souvenirs.

That’s all again folks! Happy Chinese New Year. Another short post as I’m still busy celebrating this roaring new year for the 5th day now. Cheers! If you want update travel stories from me, feel free to subscribe Travel Feeder’s feed via RSS or Email,  NOW! :) - Travel Feeder, the ultimate travel photo blog

The above photos were captured with Nikon D60

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cecil on January 25th, 2010

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cecil on December 11th, 2009

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cecil on November 21st, 2009

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