In Reply to: Bali vs Thailand posted by dideki on Wednesday, 21. December 2005 at 04:47 Bali Time:
Phuket appears to be much cleaner than Bali no rubbish plastic bottles etc laying in the gutters. No holes in the footpath like Bali (although that has been fixed to some extent). Not as many hawkers, market stalls similar to Bali. The airport is about an hour from the resort area of Phuket so an Airport/Hotel/Airport transfer is the way to go. However my trip to the hotel took about 90 minutes, as I was the last dropped off. The prices in Phuket are much dearer than Bali this includes food, drinks and buying at the 'markets'. In my opinion apart from the prices both places are similar. The hotels seem to be in better repair than Bali. For a holiday if your plans are to do nothing but laze around Bali and Phuket are the places to go. All in all I enjoyed my time, and will probably go again.