Today we hired a driver and van for a bit more of a look around. It was great. We went to the Big Buddha. It was huge. 45m tall and 24m wide. Lots of replicas and ceremony. A construction site as they are fundraising to build gold and silver staircase up to the Big Buddha. He's visible from 500km away they reckon. Following that we checked out Old Phuket town and saw the old architecture. Interesting combination of Chinese and Western. On our way back we drove through Patong Beach - like our Karon Beach on super size me steroids! Happy not to be in that environment.