I am in Phuket for 3 years, look at the kata area for a hotel, that way you are about 10 minutes from patong if you feel like getting herpes, but plenty of restaurants and activity still in Kata, If you want a more quiet area, you can rent a 2-3 bedroom pool villa in the Naiharn area for between 40-60k batht (us $1200-1800) a month.
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