It was festival fourth dimension lastly calendar week inwards Attractions of Phuket, Thailand! Chinese New Year's Day was on Feb tenth (welcome to the yr of the snake!), together with the Chalong Temple Fair was on from the ninth - 17th February. And at the weekend from Fri 15th - Dominicus 17th February, it was the Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Old Town Festival which was taking identify for the 14th fourth dimension highlighting one-time Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Town every bit a identify to visit, together with featuring music, art, nutrient together with history. For certain Attractions of Phuket, Thailand has some overnice beaches together with lots of hotels together with lots of tours, but Attractions of Phuket, Thailand tourism actually entirely kicked off less than xxx years ago, together with the existent Attractions of Phuket, Thailand is slowly to uncovering if yous acquire off the beach together with explore! This years festival was agency bigger than lastly year, alongside street stalls, stages, entertainers together with crowds roofing several foursquare blocks of the one-time town on Thalang Road, Krabi Road, Phang Nga Road, Soi Romanee together with more.
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(above) Food stalls along Krabi Road on Dominicus 17th February
We skipped the Fri events, every bit I was working until 6pm together with rather annoyingly, a large festival procession was planned to showtime at 5pm. It's a shame that I miss things similar this sometimes due to work. We could conduct keep gone later, but planned a few drinks alongside friends together with anyway nosotros knew that we'd live at that topographic point on Sabbatum level every bit our kids were signed upwardly to perform on phase along alongside lots of others from their music schoolhouse - they acquire guitar. Pop together with rock, non classical. So on Sabbatum afternoon nosotros headed into town closed to 5pm earlier things got busy for a piddling wander earlier checking inwards at the large phase on the corner of Phang Nga Road together with Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Road. Better acquire the kids something to nibble earlier they proceed phase - together with finding nutrient during the festival was non hard. Food stalls everywhere!
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
We checked inwards at the phase together with our kids piddling pop grouping was given break twenty inwards the trouble up. We figured that powerfulness hateful a hold off of virtually xc minutes, but they were to live the 20th music act, this did non count trip the calorie-free fantastic groups together with all the announcing inwards between. Our kids music instructor was also a flake frustrated past times the end! He prefers something small-scale scale alongside simply "his" kids performing. Well, anyway, I figured that I had plenty fourth dimension for a walk upwardly Phang Nga Road to uncovering a mutual frigidness beer together with accept some pictures ...
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
Phang Nga Road had a break of artists exhibiting or selling their talent. I was tempted to purchase something, but actually nosotros don't conduct keep a identify to seat a huge icon similar the 1 above. I flora a mutual frigidness Chang beer at the Roxy Pub which is a pop weekend hangout, 1 of many small-scale bars together with cafes inwards one-time Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Town. Thinking of a weblog post virtually a "pub crawl" inwards town sometime soon! Well, I had a beer together with wandered dorsum upwardly the route to the phase to run across how things were progressing. All along the road, together with indeed all over the one-time town, were street entertainers together with functioning artists such every bit these guys below ...
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
And the fourth dimension ticked past times ... nosotros waited behind the phase alongside the clock tower across the street.
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
And finally our kids got to perform 1 vocal (should conduct keep been 2, but afterward acts entirely got 1 darn it) on the phase inwards one-time town, good done kids! I am amazed at them going on phase alongside a crowd watching, rattling proud Dad. Then nosotros could all accept a piddling walk earlier heading home. This was closed to 10pm together with the streets were packed! We were all tired, together with then planned to run across to a greater extent than on Sunday.
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
(above) Painted faces inwards Old Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Town on 16th Feb 2013
On Dominicus 17th nosotros headed to town 1 time again for a walk, to acquire some food, together with I regard it was fifty-fifty to a greater extent than crowded than Saturday! We did non acquire to town until nearly 8pm together with then the streets were already packed together with finding a parking infinite anywhere close the one-time town was difficult work! Walking inwards the crowds trying to accept photos together with non lose my married adult woman together with kids was a challenge at times. Again, at that topographic point were performances, fine art together with nutrient everywhere along the roads, addition the several large stages ready too.
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
After a hot day, goose egg beats a "very cool beer" :
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
We wandered upwardly Thalang Road which we'd missed on Saturday. Thalang Road is sort of the middle of one-time town, together with is overnice for a walk whatever evening. We had hoped for some nutrient at Kopitiam, a overnice one-time agency cafe, but it was absolutely packed, together with then nosotros looked for street nutrient instead. Just W of Kopitiam, Thalang Road becomes Krabi route together with at that topographic point were lots of nutrient stalls. We also flora a secondhand mass stall where my immature lady got an 'X-Factor' annual for 10 Baht together with the man child chose a 'Captain Scarlet' annual, also 10 Baht... non certain he knows the history of Captain Scarlet though! Krabi route was also rattling busy ...
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
(above) Strawberries for sale on Krabi road
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
(above) Khao Yam (south Thai rice salad) for sale
Back along Thalang Road, at that topographic point were aspiring singers everywhere! Seems similar whatever shaver alongside a guitar could simply demo upwardly together with pop off for it! And some were drawing a crowd ...
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
We walked downward a block to Phang Nga Road together with at that topographic point was some to a greater extent than serious music beingness played on a phase ready exterior the one-time On On Hotel which has been closed for ages, undergoing renovations. Part of the festival was virtually history, Thai culture, local nutrient etc... but hither nosotros conduct keep a stone band who were doing Guns 'n' Roses, Iron Maiden together with UFO. We stopped to heed a spell alongside our rock-star kids :)
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
Lots of fine art on the streets. One guy was drawing a huge cartoon map of one-time Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Town together with I actually liked this giant fabric - swell colour...
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">
With the streets even together with then total of people, nosotros had to caput home, every bit of course of pedagogy the kids conduct keep schoolhouse on Mondays, together with then a belatedly nighttime was non an option, together with it was already nearly 10 o'clock, rather past times their bedtime! Lots of fun, these local events, together with the one-time town is a swell identify for a street festival. This is the side of Attractions of Phuket, Thailand I like, together with actually the raison d'etre of this blog. Beaches, nightlife, tours together with hotels - yes, Attractions of Phuket, Thailand has plenty - but Attractions of Phuket, Thailand has together with then much more...
Related weblog posts:
Kathu Street Culture Festival 2012
Abduls Roti Shop on Thalang Road
Old Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Town Getting a Face Lift
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Indy Market
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Vegetarian Festival 2012 Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">(above) Food stalls along Krabi Road on Dominicus 17th February
We skipped the Fri events, every bit I was working until 6pm together with rather annoyingly, a large festival procession was planned to showtime at 5pm. It's a shame that I miss things similar this sometimes due to work. We could conduct keep gone later, but planned a few drinks alongside friends together with anyway nosotros knew that we'd live at that topographic point on Sabbatum level every bit our kids were signed upwardly to perform on phase along alongside lots of others from their music schoolhouse - they acquire guitar. Pop together with rock, non classical. So on Sabbatum afternoon nosotros headed into town closed to 5pm earlier things got busy for a piddling wander earlier checking inwards at the large phase on the corner of Phang Nga Road together with Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Road. Better acquire the kids something to nibble earlier they proceed phase - together with finding nutrient during the festival was non hard. Food stalls everywhere!
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">We checked inwards at the phase together with our kids piddling pop grouping was given break twenty inwards the trouble up. We figured that powerfulness hateful a hold off of virtually xc minutes, but they were to live the 20th music act, this did non count trip the calorie-free fantastic groups together with all the announcing inwards between. Our kids music instructor was also a flake frustrated past times the end! He prefers something small-scale scale alongside simply "his" kids performing. Well, anyway, I figured that I had plenty fourth dimension for a walk upwardly Phang Nga Road to uncovering a mutual frigidness beer together with accept some pictures ...
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">Phang Nga Road had a break of artists exhibiting or selling their talent. I was tempted to purchase something, but actually nosotros don't conduct keep a identify to seat a huge icon similar the 1 above. I flora a mutual frigidness Chang beer at the Roxy Pub which is a pop weekend hangout, 1 of many small-scale bars together with cafes inwards one-time Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Town. Thinking of a weblog post virtually a "pub crawl" inwards town sometime soon! Well, I had a beer together with wandered dorsum upwardly the route to the phase to run across how things were progressing. All along the road, together with indeed all over the one-time town, were street entertainers together with functioning artists such every bit these guys below ...
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">And the fourth dimension ticked past times ... nosotros waited behind the phase alongside the clock tower across the street.
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">And finally our kids got to perform 1 vocal (should conduct keep been 2, but afterward acts entirely got 1 darn it) on the phase inwards one-time town, good done kids! I am amazed at them going on phase alongside a crowd watching, rattling proud Dad. Then nosotros could all accept a piddling walk earlier heading home. This was closed to 10pm together with the streets were packed! We were all tired, together with then planned to run across to a greater extent than on Sunday.
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">(above) Painted faces inwards Old Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Town on 16th Feb 2013
On Dominicus 17th nosotros headed to town 1 time again for a walk, to acquire some food, together with I regard it was fifty-fifty to a greater extent than crowded than Saturday! We did non acquire to town until nearly 8pm together with then the streets were already packed together with finding a parking infinite anywhere close the one-time town was difficult work! Walking inwards the crowds trying to accept photos together with non lose my married adult woman together with kids was a challenge at times. Again, at that topographic point were performances, fine art together with nutrient everywhere along the roads, addition the several large stages ready too.
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">After a hot day, goose egg beats a "very cool beer" :
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">We wandered upwardly Thalang Road which we'd missed on Saturday. Thalang Road is sort of the middle of one-time town, together with is overnice for a walk whatever evening. We had hoped for some nutrient at Kopitiam, a overnice one-time agency cafe, but it was absolutely packed, together with then nosotros looked for street nutrient instead. Just W of Kopitiam, Thalang Road becomes Krabi route together with at that topographic point were lots of nutrient stalls. We also flora a secondhand mass stall where my immature lady got an 'X-Factor' annual for 10 Baht together with the man child chose a 'Captain Scarlet' annual, also 10 Baht... non certain he knows the history of Captain Scarlet though! Krabi route was also rattling busy ...
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">(above) Strawberries for sale on Krabi road
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">(above) Khao Yam (south Thai rice salad) for sale
Back along Thalang Road, at that topographic point were aspiring singers everywhere! Seems similar whatever shaver alongside a guitar could simply demo upwardly together with pop off for it! And some were drawing a crowd ...
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">We walked downward a block to Phang Nga Road together with at that topographic point was some to a greater extent than serious music beingness played on a phase ready exterior the one-time On On Hotel which has been closed for ages, undergoing renovations. Part of the festival was virtually history, Thai culture, local nutrient etc... but hither nosotros conduct keep a stone band who were doing Guns 'n' Roses, Iron Maiden together with UFO. We stopped to heed a spell alongside our rock-star kids :)
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">Lots of fine art on the streets. One guy was drawing a huge cartoon map of one-time Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Town together with I actually liked this giant fabric - swell colour...
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Best Destinations should to visiting in Bangkok Thailand : Old Town Festival 2013">With the streets even together with then total of people, nosotros had to caput home, every bit of course of pedagogy the kids conduct keep schoolhouse on Mondays, together with then a belatedly nighttime was non an option, together with it was already nearly 10 o'clock, rather past times their bedtime! Lots of fun, these local events, together with the one-time town is a swell identify for a street festival. This is the side of Attractions of Phuket, Thailand I like, together with actually the raison d'etre of this blog. Beaches, nightlife, tours together with hotels - yes, Attractions of Phuket, Thailand has plenty - but Attractions of Phuket, Thailand has together with then much more...
Related weblog posts:
Kathu Street Culture Festival 2012
Abduls Roti Shop on Thalang Road
Old Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Town Getting a Face Lift
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Indy Market
Attractions of Phuket, Thailand Vegetarian Festival 2012 Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com