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[Zyzyfer]

Doing a little winter getaway for a few days and it's been narrowed down to these two. It's an R&R trip. Yes I know there are like 50 or hundreds of better places out there.

Looking for:

Quality diving
Decent nightlife
Preferably a lack of ladyboys trying to pick me up
Plenty of other options during the day
Not swamped by Koreans (it's been nearly two years since I've been on vacation)

Alternatively, if you know of a better place that meets all of these requirements, tell me about it. I was thinking about the Phillipines but just couldn't seem to think of a place that meets all the criteria.

[Zark]

Phuket without a doubt.

Before I moved to Phuket - I drove down to Pattaya from Bangkok just to make sure I wasn't missing out on something. Lousy dirty beaches, major focus on the sex-tourism industry - and just not much to offer.

While Phuket too - has soi Bangla - there is much more to offer than sex tourism. Phuket is quite a large island and has lots of beaches that are not so well known, rural areas, country back roads - and just off the island are Krabi, Phi Phi, Khao Lak and much more.

Try

http://phuketdelight.com/

for more about Phuket.

[Tiger Beer]

[Yaya]

[Curious George]

I lived in Thailand last year. Avoid Pattayah. Nastly beaches. Men just go there for the sex bars.

Phuket has good beaches but it also focuses on the sex trade if you go to the touristy bar area.

If you want to stay away from gogo bars and lady boys I would recommend Koh Samui or maybe Koh Chang.

[SweetBear]

Like Zark said ;
"While Phuket too - has soi Bangla - there is much more to offer than sex tourism."

Curious George:

"Phuket has good beaches but it also focuses on the sex trade if you go to the touristy bar area".
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I assume you are talking about Patong ? There are many many many tourist bar areas on Phuket with great beaches and no shenanigans . It is a big island.

[TECO]

Phuket.

Phuket has more to offer than Pattaya for the average person.

[oxfordstu]

I've lived in both Pattaya and Phuket before, and Phuket wins hands-down. Pattaya does have nice places; there are upscale hotels near Jomtien that are absolutely beautiful. But for the most part it's utter crap. Phuket is great. Wonderful beaches and there's tons to do off of the island.

[dulouz]

Pattaya offers a life experience worth having. Its just not a vacation experience worth having. You should go because its one of those few times you can go to hell and live to tell about it.

[jajdude]

[pidgin]

I'm sure it's not the bar girls.