We had a lovely day , 8 hours with our driver who spoke a bit better English than the previous one. I had planned where we wanted to go and he took us to them all. We went to Wat Chalong, beautiful Buddhist temple, then to a sea gypsy market...lots of fish! Then up to Kata hill viewpoint to see the view over 3 beaches, the Tsunami memorial in Kamala this was a bit disappointing, past the horrid Patong area to a beautiful beach restaurant called Catch at Surin, then across the island to go on a long tail boat out to a Pearl farm to see how pearls are produced. Our driver was very pleasant throughout.