Thalang, Phuket: Your Ultimate Guide

Phuket is about as close as you can get to paradise and the Thalang area is even closer. It’s that far-flung somewhere with paradisiacal shorelines, ethereal rock formations that climb out of the seas and sapphire waters that turn the white-sand beaches an irresistible gold every time the white-capped waves gently kiss the land. But despite this version of Utopia, there is an unspoken truth that rattles around every travellers mind like a marble bouncing across a Bagatelle board, one that’s impossible to deny: Phuket is a little bit like licking a cattle prod. It doesn’t matter how much you might expect it to ricochet across your tongue - shocking and sparking and fizzing and dancing - the intensity can still surprise you. But that’s...