Phuket, Thailand Travel Blogs - Page 5

At sea

A travel blog entry by sfahlikman

Just a quick note... I figured I should mention this because my dad just informed me that he was unaware that you can click on my pictures to make them larger. I thought I should mention it in case someone else didn't realize that either. ...

back to the mainland

A travel blog entry by carson_nicki

After a very relaxing, sun-soaked and snorkeling-filled 6 days on Phi Phi, we (Carson, myself, Eggi, and Terrence) landed in Phuket. We took Lonely Planet's advice and stayed far from the beach, in hopes of evading the hordes of 'farang' (foreigners) ...

diving in Phi Phi

A travel blog entry by revamped

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Feb 12th (Jamie writing) Today we got up early to go diving. It was our second day of training and our first 2 open water dives. We went to 2 smaller islands located just off Phi Phi lae. Bida Nok, Bida Nai is a limestone cliff islet with similar ...

ahhhh, relaxing in Phuket, Thailand

A travel blog entry by oulous

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... every day.... tough traveling! It was a lot of fun and just what we needed - four days of relaxations at one of Thailand's best beaches (Naithonburi). We splurged for a resort hotel (18,000THB, $50 USD) and we're glad we did. Check ...

Onto Phuket

A travel blog entry by wyattmoy

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... , Indian, Swedish & Thai & we had a few good nights out where we all got a little tipsy. On the girls last night we went into Phuket Town one night to go to the market but it wasn't that good, but we still all managed to buy a few bits, then we went ...

Sailing Pics

A travel blog entry by pebbles1

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Some Ship ...

"Hitchin' a Ride", plus "Razorblades & Ping Pong"

A travel blog entry by sjmigdol

... real ones, like his, have the etching on the lens, whereas the ones in the store do not. The thing about justice in Thailand and a lot of other countries is that once you're accused, the burden of proof is on YOU...you're guilty until you prove ...

Bond, James Bond

A travel blog entry by raelee

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... , lots of hermit crabs especially! We hung out on the beach and just kind of relaxed for about an hour then we headed back to Phuket! Once we got back Cody realized he lost his wallet which really is never a good sign so we dealt with that for a little ...

Scott Leaves, On my Own again :(

A travel blog entry by zoebuck

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11:42 Today is the day Scott and me part company. Our 2 weeks is over and it went in a flash. It's always a little weird when I'm back on my own again, I feel a little bit sad and then I get used to it again. It's only 5 and a half weeks till I come home ...

Phuket... beach town

A travel blog entry by jasonlew

... to "get our tickets checked". After a few minutes listening to the tourism agent try and offer us "best deals in Phuket" for snorkeling, etc... it became pretty clear that the bus company had an "agreement" with this agency, to bring their ...

Phuket International Airport

A travel blog entry by thomasgillam

we took taxi and flew from Phuket to ...

Beach life

A travel blog entry by byrnedm

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... would not do it justice! Unfortunately we had to leave Phi Phi and so saying goodbye to Pat and the missus we headed to Phuket, another of Thailand islands. Another week passed un-noticed on Kata beach and before we knew it we had 3 days to get out of ...

Bye CM, hello Phuket !

A travel blog entry by nadegeb72

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... Queen in mind and was humming all day. The flight was mostly uneventful. Mostly because there still was something noticeable : Thailand's floods. I must say some visions were quite dreadful. It was not necessarily taking place where the river was but ...

Adventures in Phuket

A travel blog entry by ecsflemings

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... was time to go to a fishing village for a meeting. There are 3 assemblies in the city and only 12 assemblies in all of Thailand so the ECS work reaches beyond them, mostly to the prison. The assembly people were from another tribe. The village is on a ...

Out of KL, onto the beach

A travel blog entry by corkie

... of the nicer malay people we met and then headed for the airport. Again, a fairly smooth journey, except 45 min delay, and arr in Phuket at about 10:15. Being well travelled as we are now, haha, we just hopped on the nearest bus which took us to an ...

Shopping, Phuket FantaSea

A travel blog entry by jayneguilbert

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... Andrew and Peter. Booked all our trips for the next few days. Had tea and back to the hotel to laze by the pool for a bit then 20min to get ready to go to Phuket FantaSea a show of Thai dancing, magic and elephants absolutely amazing. ...

Phuket

A travel blog entry by irenan

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so, Phuket...Thailand's largest island in the Andaman Sea...the unfortunate place where on December 26, 2004 thousands of people were killed in the tsunami, and in 2007 - just a few months before our arrival - more than 100 people were killed in a ...

St Patrick's day with a twist

A travel blog entry by andrewjfoy

... to our room to see if the problem had been fixed, it had and we put on some sun cream and then headed down to the beach. Phuket is not the classiest of places we have been to so far and reminds me of a typical Spanish resort. However it did have ...

Phuet - Part 2

A travel blog entry by wetwo

Phuket Part 2 Day 3 was spent much like day 2, around the pool in the morning then the shuttle to the same mall in the afternnon. This time however we ventured further. After risking our lives crossing 6 lanes of traffic (there was a ...

I'm A Fish

A travel blog entry by raelee

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... it anymore and walked back to the hotel. Once I got there I got all showered up and went and booked a couple tours around the Phuket area for the next couple days which I am super excited about.. It turns out there is anothe guy who was supposed to be ...

Two blonds, a beach and a good bit of shade

A travel blog entry by joandpaul

Well, whoever said we weren't the beach loving sort would be right. Our delicate skins just can't cope with this heat and we spent most of the time sitting under an umbrella, covered in factor thirty with an occasional 10 second dip into the sea (got to ...

Xmas Day on Phi Phi Island

A travel blog entry by amazingone

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I knew I shouldn't have mixed my drinks. ! The Vodka was fine but then we shared 2 bottles of bubbles with the guys. A 6am wake up call saw us looking at each other wishing it weren’t 6am at all. We both needed more sleep we both needed ...

12 Hours by Boat and Bus to Phuket

A travel blog entry by zoebuck

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it was an early start to be yanked out of bed...first it was a ferry crossing to Satun in Thailand then to the bus station in the back of a pick up truck. Then onto a bus and off on the road to Phuket. The bus was oversubscribed so some people were ...

Sandy beaches of Phuket

A travel blog entry by nas.latif

... a 3 night deal a this resort for about 17 pounds a night with breakfast. It is in the Karen district and far from Phuket City which I thought was a pretty dull place. It is supposed to be the high season but very few people here and I am sure that ...

007 & Elephant Trekking

A travel blog entry by jothomas

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All the way through Thailand we had heard bad things about Phuket, apparently a place to avoid or pass through as fast as you can. We arrived by ferry from Ko Phi Phi on Monday. Phuket looks like what I imagine a mini Bangkok is like (we can confirm our ...

Return to the Path of Destruction

A travel blog entry by samwax

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... not getting ripped off this time... Unfortunately what Lonely Planet fail to mention is that the ferry terminal isn't exactly in Phuket Town and when I disembark I discover the going rate to Patong is about 400 baht. Arrrghh not again! Still I refuse ...

What the heck Thailand?! I can't read your signs!

A travel blog entry by tommy21osu

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... bus tickets I got through a travel agent but got a free taxi ride out of it. Then the travel agent that picked us up in Thailand was "nice" enough to exchange our malay ringits for Thai bahts... But I'm pretty sure he took 15% off the top, jerk. Luckily ...

Phuket then back to Bangkok

A travel blog entry by cullism

... water. This proved that I was no longer a tourist. Later in the evening we enjoyed our last dinner in Thailand. Margaret so charmed the headwaiter that he gave us special attention, recommending three main courses which left us "inelegantly satisfied" ...

Advanced open water

A travel blog entry by slippy

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... . hahaha Did our decompression stop surfaced all of us laughing away. Boat lands over to pick us up everyone on board looking over at why we where all laughing and sharing air. It was a good way to finish are last dive in Phuket and our Advanced ...

In the middle of nowhere...

A travel blog entry by atollafield

Sadly i had to make the decision to leave Phi Phi after only 2 nights and caught the ferry over to Phuket. Phuket being the only part of Thailand that doesnt operate fully on Sundays and where the bus service stops at 5pm. So, arriving just after 5pm was ...

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