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Phuket Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Phuket, Thailand
Sandy beaches of Phuket
... 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
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
... 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!
... 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
... 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
... . 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...
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 ...
James Bond Islands, Elephant Trekking & Phuket
On the 15th August we travelled from Ko Samui back onto the mainland of Thailand, before driving down to Phuket. Phuket is another island off the West of the mainland accessible by road (fortunately for my stomach). After 10 hours we got to Phuket ...
We have arrive in Phuket and it is so beautiful!
Well, we arrive in beauitful Phuket yesterday, and boy is this place amazing. It is quite warm here, but we are doing great. We plan to do some Spa Days, Scott is Playing Golf with his old friends from Maui, Scott Ogg and John Edgar, so I will ...
Time to Chop in the Marriott vouchers...
... pushed out my flight from Bangkok to India (Mumbai) until the 12th March so that I have plenty of time to stay in Thailand and recuperate before making trips to both Laos and Vietnam. Well that's the current plan anyway. So apologies in advance ...
Don't rock the boat!
... they were to face the same nightmarish ride we had just suffered. We found a taxi driver and entered into the most feeble negotiation Phuket had ever seen: Taxi driver: "It's 500thb to your hotel" Me: "are you sure that's your best price" Taxi ...
Phuket
... reservation before arriving. I was surprised to learn that the flight was nine hours long! Just conceptually I thought southern Thailand and Australia were pretty close, but I guess not so much. I left a chilly Sydney and arrived in a ...
Nastrowje, Skol, Salute und Prost...
... und die persoenliche Betreuung von Martin Datler supernett. Danke nochmal fuer das Dessert! Kremserl in der Soi Eden, Patong-Phuket G`spritzter vom ...
October 13th Friday
Said goodbye to the Nolans after breakfast. Went to pool for a while and had a swim. Decided about lunch time to go for a trip to Patong. We arranged a mini van from a man called Him. For 1000 baht ($30) he took us to Patong (30 -45 minutes) waited for ...
Liversidge hailed as the best of Phuket at pool.
... He also lent us his motorbike for the whole time we were there so we saw most of the island. Phuket is a great place, it mixes traditional Thai with it's western influences really well. It's still very charming, full of street stalls ...
Off the Rails in Phuket!
... ! It was good fun though, a clear night but with a thunder and lightning storm on the horizon as we touched down into Phuket Island, Thailand. Neither of us were quite ready for the onslaught that we faced when we cleared customs. As soon as we were in ...
Day 36 Ko Tao - Patong
... , Ko Tao and diving which mad me very sad :( But no need to feel sorry for me for I am off to the other side of Thailand! Now this journey will take 12 hours which will be made up with taxi rides, buses and boats. When arriving at our hotel we were ...
Reprobates r us: A Guest blog from Danny and Alice
... individual he decided it was time to admit defeat, the shame exaggerated by the fact Danny B followed by mouth succeeded! AP So from Phuket we moved on to Phang Nga via a slightly hungover bus ride. Upon arrival a Song Taew took us down to a pier where ...
Ebbs, Flows, and Charlie Chaplin
... giant statue of Buddha. Just in case you couldn’t get it from the name. It is going to be the biggest one in all of Thailand when it is done. The view from up top was absolutely unreal. It is a high point near the middlish of the island so it looks ...
Chiang Mai - Phuket
... as we were about to leave, the owner arrived. What a nice man he turned out to be. We talked for thirty minutes about Thailand, Phuket, his family, the resort, the Tsunami and life in general and it was refreshing to finally meet a Thai with traditional ...
Phi Phi
Hey kids its hot and sticky here today we went to phi phi island it was amazing the pictures will speak for themselves! tommorow off to bangkok for one more night then to england i cant wait! then on the 19th we go to dublin for a few days ...
Songkran New Year
Happy New Year Thailand!! It's already a great day the sunrise was so fantastic and at breakfast the staff are in a good spirit wetting all the guests with water pistols and a smile on the faces. The celebrations are all well under way with people ...
Goodbye Malaysia and Hello Thailand!
... check in). Thank goodness none of it was important although we must remember to check everything before we leave each place. The flight to Phuket boarded late, but other than that the flight was a quick and easy one. By the time we were in the air we ...
James Bond Island and Phang Nga Bay Tour
... time and we were shaken but unharmed. That was the second accident in one day we had witnessed and we were not becoming fans of Phuket's roads and transport. The taxi driver dropped us in the middle of a crazy busy street in Patong and told us the bar we ...
Not much to report...
... time we had finished showering it was pouring with rain and a thunder storm was well underway, considering the roads from Karon to Phuket and the driving abilities of the Thai people we decided to stay in. We had dinner and drinks in the restaurant and ...
Shopping shopping shopping!!!!
... the evening drinking fresh fruit smoothies with vodka and talking with Matt & Ead about Burma and the differences between Burma and Thailand. Burma is a very poor country with a lot of trouble there at the moment. Matt showed us some pictures and it ...
Recovery Day!
As suspected Chris was feeling less then average today, we both had a great night at the wedding last night but I think someone may have had one to many bourbons. Chris slept all day, and when I say all day I mean exactly that. He woke a few times ...