I don't know Poo, but Nuch and Mai would not recommend someone they don't trust. I do know of a few other drivers. We head back to Phuket tomorrow night, so while I'm there I can check up their daily rates for you if you'd like.

When I want to tour the Island I usually just stop a tuk tuk driver in the street and do a deal with him. Usually there is four of us together so the price per person is very cheap. The driver normally asks for b600 and I agree but I also tell him there is a little extra in it if he does a good job. So far I have had no problem in getting any of them to take me to where I want to go and he has no problem waiting all day for me if necessary.

Before we start off I agree the time I want to come back to the hotel at. I also show him the route I want to take and the places I want to stop at.

I have never had a problem with either the trip or the price which at the end of the trip I usually give him a b1000.

Just recently I used a young guy who parks his tuk tuk on Sol Bangla just outside Soi Patong Resort. Nice Clean Tuk Tuk. I much prefer a tuk tuk to a taxi as I like the open air.

Before we start the journey I always tell the driver to drive slowly. Any time he speeds up I bang the cabin of the tuk tuk. Never put with poor service from these guys just terminate the trip and get someone else off the street.

1000b is a lot of money to a tuk tuk driver so they are normally very glad to earn that for one trip. I never use a driver that hangs outside the hotels and I never allow stops at rip off places i.e gems etc. We only follow the route that I have set out.

Again we have never used Carolina tours, we just pick random guys on the street and tell them were we want to go if we dont like the price we walk away but having said that we are regular travellers to Phuket.Last year we did a one off to Sri Lanka and it was bloody awful ripped off beyond belief and followed for money by dodgy sri lankans,what ever you think of Phuket it is paradise compaired to this HELL HOLE.

Hi,

We always use different agents each year. It doesnt matter who you use because if your bartering skills are right you will always get a good price. There is no such thing as a special price just for you in Phuket. lol