hello,

i'm moving to phuket from bkk, any advice on where to live to meet gay friends? walking distance to coffee shops and restaurants. i have no car or bike. i'll rent short term to start until i can find a condo. currently i'm paying 30k/month. any suggestions would be appreciated.

Strange .... if you have ever been to Phuket, you would know where the gay area is. The trouble is that most faragns are tourist. Not pernament residents.

There are quite a number of gay permanent residents in Phuket, mostly retirees. I'll be one of them sometime in the future. However, the gay scene does seem to revolve around the tourists.

There is gay beach in front of La Flora Hotel on beach road in Patong. Gay tourists as well a permanent and semi-permanent gay residents show up there.