Club Med Phuket

From all the postings, Phuket seems to be quieter with fewer GMs pining for it. Is this true?
Lots of people seem to avoid Phuket after the tsunami but has CM Phuket also quietened and toned down or is it as vibrant as Bali & Cherating?
I'm caught between going to Bali again and visiting Phuket for the very 1st time. Any advice?

Dear Circus Crazy,

I think when will you go to Club Med Village is also a factor.
It is because sunny season is better than rainy season.

Hi Circus Crazy

I would suggest Bali. A friend of mine was in Phuket in March, and she described it as the worst club med trip in >10 years of holidays at Club Med. A (mainly) undermotivated GO team with a largely don't care attitude was the main problem, so if the CDV and the team is largely the same, I think Bali would be a much better bet.

Maukitten

Oh, shockers! Thanx 4 the advice Maukitten!
Can't ever imagine the word "unmotivated" used on GOs! Every CM experience of mine and every encounter with a GO was a "RaH-rAh" fun, high energy one. Only 1 or 2 become scary when an overzealous person like ex-Cherating GO Thierry tries to hit on u.
Hmm... that makes it difficult 4 me...
Now i can't decide betw Bali, Cherating or Ria Bintan (in that order).
There's beefcake circus GO Marky @Bali and the sweetest & purest circus GO Paul @Cherating.
Helpppppp!!! I'm so torn and i don't have the time or $$$ to go to all 3.
Maukitten, u'r going to Cherating and other CMs again soon, right? Can u fill me in on the GO movements and whether Paul and Marky will be moving to another village soon and where. I'll go with your updates and if i'm still torn i'll just post a question and let u all of u ClubMed Planeters decide 4 me!

Ola Maukitten! My greatest info source!
Did ur friend who went to Phuket take any good photos or did it stink so badly she gave up?
How was the circus team there? For me, it's all about the circus team as I really go to Club Med to fly and just space out.

BTW, when u were last at Cherating, did u meet a Taiwanese/Korean Yoga GO there called Jing & Land Sports CDS Chris? Wondering if they're still there.

Circus Crazy: I was in Cherating in August 04 and I didn't see Jing. I think I met Chris, but I'm not sure. It may have been Paul. Is Chris australian too? You should go to Cherating if you like a quiet, beautiful, relaxing place. The GOs are wonderful, and the village is amazing. That's my recommendation to yoU!

circus crazy,

this is probably redundant but just in case you haven't dug through it already -- you can search this site for GOs by their nick or real names, depending on what type of information users of this site have put in. hopefully you will find the whereabouts of everyone you are dreaming about constantly! cheers.



-lioness

Circus Crazy, yes I did meet Jing. But I wasn't quite into yoga, so it was more like exchanging hello's at the bar with her than anything else.

Landsports at that time was Daniel (Brazilian - v cute, now Chief of Sports) and Marmi (Japanese girl - v fit and friendly). No Chris, I'm afraid. Or at least I can't remember there being a Chris then.

Paul (Polski, right?) was there too. Yeah, he's very nice. (I met Marky in Bintan last year a couple of times, and once when he was on vacation in Phuket. Paul's nicer imho.)

BTW, this was sometime in March this year, so things may well have changed by now. No probs, I'll keep you posted on news from Cherating. BTW, Adrian's going to Cherating to replace Yasuo.

And about Phuket, sorry, no pics from my friend. But she's not really into circus anyway.

Yrs truly
Maukitten

Maukitten,

Thanks a lot.

"Adrian's going to Cherating to replace Yasuo"
I will go to Cherating on 21 May 2005.
I hope I can meet both Adrian and Yasuo because I want to give them their photos.
I am sorry that Glenn was gone, I can't give him his photo.

Oh Maukitten, goddess of the CM grapevine,
Thanx 4 this info! It's precious! I'v not been able to get much info abt Marky except 4 some photos Ric took during his past trips.
U met Marky in Bintan!!! I adore him so pls pls tell me if he's a sweetie or the "scumbag" type of GO who'll just break hearts?
And the new Cherating Circus GO Paul from Sydney, Australia is called Polski? It's his 1st season ever at a CM. Is this the same Paul? He's a blond Australian from Sydney and a reeeeeeeeeal sweetie! Met him there in early Feb just this year when Cherating opened for 05. It was his 2nd week at CM then. He's really got great values so think he'll be a terrific GO that both kids and adults will love.
Oh... u met Daniel too! Heehee... great hotbod who teaches pool aerobics and landsports too. He's the dark Prince Charming who's got really curly instant-noodle-type hair right? Some of the female GOs there told me that they have a crush on him!!!
The Indonesian spa GEs just love circus GO Tim. Sigh... hope he doesn't break their hearts.