When we talk about Phuket what we really mean is Patong Beach because that is
where the entertainment is. However the movie theaters are in Phuket Proper.
When visiting Patong we would anchor off of Phuket and take a bus down to Patong
which was always arranged by a ship agent contracted with Military Sealift. I
only got to see this place when I was aboard the USNS PECOS and I was not aboard
that ship very long before I would have to go home and attend to the birth of my
son. For all intensive purposes Patong was much like Pattaya. One of the Bond
girls was from Patong or at least she looked like it. I have a thing for faces,
I may not remember their names but once I see them I remember their face. When
transiting the coast to Phuket the islands used as a back drop in the Bond Film
Man with the Golden Gun become quite recognizable . The particular Island in
question was actually named James Bond island in order to boost the tourist trade.
