article_snippet.sent: Despite an 18-hour journey on the flawless Singapore Airlines, I arrived in Phuket still excited about recapturing my zen.
article_snippet.sent: Phuket, however, is very different from Koh Phangan.
article_snippet.sent: First of all it is much greener, and secondly it is definitely an island with party in it bones.
article_snippet.sent: Having grabbed a tuk-tuk from outside the hotel (complete with strings of fluorescent lights and speakers blaring out Taylor Swift’s Blank Space), I arrived at Patong Beach itself.
article_snippet.sent: The James Bond Island is a popular feature in Phang Nga Bay, Phuket .
article_snippet.sent: Returning to my quest for zen the next morning, I headed north of Phuket and took a 30-minute boat ride to a quiet island in Phang Nga Bay, which I had been advised was much less touristy than the Phi Phi islands made famous by the film adaptation of Alex Garland’s
article_snippet.sent: I was picked up by the staff of the Six Senses Yao Noi hotel and spa who had lined the bamboo pier, and was driven to the complex by a tuk-tuk, which bore no resemblance whatsoever to the ones in Phuket.
article_snippet.sent: Singapore Airlines (singaporeair.com) offers return flights from Heathrow and Manchester to Phuket via Singapore from £760pp.