In the south of Phuket, Thailand sits a cross-legged and sleepy looking Buddha looking out over the island. He is under construction at the moment, so its kind of like visiting a construction site - only a bit more spiritual. A roundtrip from Patong costs about 1000B in a taxi which isn't too bad if you go with others. Try and barter with the drivers on the street if you like, but 1000B seems to be the going rate. We only managed to shave of 50B from the fare - a seemingly hollow victory because they wouldn't go less than 900B. On an old laminated piece of card are popular tourist destinations including the go-kart track, shooting range, zoo, big buddha and a jewellery store. Just point and you're on your way. On the way your driver will take you to some other places on the card in the hopes you'll succumb to your spontaneous side and want to do these things. I suppose they get extra baht if they take people to do these activities.
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