Hey gotobread, yeah your map is awesome mate, thanks for putting it together.
Appreciate your insight RE accommodation. I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but the Naiya Buree seems the nicest AND cheapest? It's only 730b a night, according to their website:
http://www.naiyaburee.com/#rates
And Phuket Riviera Villas is like three times the price at 2000b:
http://www.phuketrivieravillas.com/rt_suite.html
Could someone explain where I'm going wrong here?
Well, you're looking at the wrong room. Their cheapest room is the studio, which is 1,000 a night. You're looking at the suite. I suppose I stand corrected in regards to Naiya Buree, though... either they've dropped prices or the website is inaccurate. Do yourself a favor and contact them ahead of time to make sure that's accurate. It seems... cheaper than I remember. But if that's accurate, that's going to be tough to beat outside of a long-term rental situation, I think. That's even cheaper than Green Valley and far nicer.
This place is a little further away and is 990 a night right now:
http://baansabaiphuket.com/
Pay no attention to the rates on the site -- they have a chalkboard out front that says 990 a night. I know because I eat breakfast across the street from it pretty much every other day. Also, like most places, it's probably a little cheaper if you book by the week, etc.
I was able to work with some new trainers on this trip. I've worked with Pot, Sing, Bao V, Kimchi and Wang in the past and I love all of those dudes. This time I've also been able to work with Yip, someone who told me his name was Roui (that's the best I can do on his name), and another trainer I don't know the name of... who isn't listed on the site. Yip and Roui have been fantastic and I'd put Roui just behind Wang in terms of dudes that I love to work with, but the unknown dude stinks on ice. I'll try to grab his name next time I'm at the gym, but his pad holding is about as boring as it gets. Jab, jab cross, roundhouse, repeat.
Edit: On the corner, just by Sinbi and where you would turn to head off to Dragon Muay Thai, there's a building with a sign offering up rooms for rent for 600 baht a night. I don't know anything about them other than that. It's in the same little row of shops as the Sport Massage place. Both of which are on my map.
