Decisions, decisions… A tough night out in Phuket
The guy the girls all want to get close to: Wan Vorasit Issara of Sri Panwa.
A tough choice this weekend: a cool party on Cape Panwa on Saturday (June 5), or a cool party in Kalim, also on Saturday. Which to go to? What to wear? If I miss either one people will notice. Can I get to both?
Technically, yes, you could, though you would probably end up completely exhausted by the dash from one side of the island to the other. It’s make-your-mind-up time.
Choice A: At Sri Panwa, the uber-classy village and resort at the end up Cape Panwa, the opening of the new Cool Spa and Saturday night sessions at the Baba 88 lounge. Be there at 6pm for registration and cocktails followed by a spa show and lucky draws, then pile into Baba 88 for DJ music from 9pm till late, fronted by the interestingly named DJ Zit.
Most of the girls will be there to try to get close to Sri Panwa boss Wan Vorasit Issara, one of Thailand’s most eligible bachelors. He’s been featured in GM (Gentlemen’s) and Priew magazines and he was interviewed recently by TV chat host Woody Militachinda (with both sitting on chairs in the pool).
Wan’s a delightful fellow and really, really, knows how to organise a fun evening. Dress code: “Anything cool”. The spa thing is free to those in the know (which you now are) Just email to confirm you’re going. The Baba 88 part of the evening costs nothing to get in, but you pay for drinks. Beers and house cocktails are B200 a shot.
Nine looks nothing like the background in the pic. So will the girls at the event look like these?
Choice B: Nine, next to glitterati haven Lim’s on the hill overlooking Kalim Beach, is the soi-disant “Phuket’s most fabulous lounge and bar”. It does have the seal of approval from Condé Nast Traveler magazine, which included Nine in its 2009 Hot List.
Traveler described it thus: “Mimi, the owner’s mutt, mingles with Phuket’s coolest expats and in-the-know visitors who’ve outgrown the seaside sleaze.”So if you’re used to hanging out with dogs, or cool expats, or both, this is the place for you, especially on June 5 when it’s Plastic Dreams night.
The plastic dreams (Bakelite? PVC? Polystyrene? Tesco shopping bags?) start at 8pm. B1,000 gets you in, gets you finger food and gets you all-you-can-guzzle drinks. Dress code: how about “anything cool”? No need to book. Just turn up.
So which will it be?
“Mimi, the owner’s mutt, mingles with Phuket’s coolest expats and in-the-know visitors…”
Wait. What? Phuket has “cool” expats now? Man, I have been gone a LONG time.