Good photos, John I learnt to scuba dive in Paradise Beach, Patong, Phuket in 1991 and used to walk back to a small hotel and it it looked nothing like that. What a change in just over thirty years. Those buildings look a litlle bit like the old quarter in New Orleans.
That's what I mean... I couldn't remember there being any proper buildings there... I didn't see much but I'm sure we did a little island tour on the scooter at sometime