Happy New Year's Day to everyone. Thanks for reading Jamie's Phuket. This weblog started inwards Apr 2006, as well as is nonetheless getting bigger. The idea? To demo the "real" Phuket every bit opposed to the to a greater extent than pop tourist attractions. This is my Phuket, I tend to write nearly the places nosotros operate yesteryear away every bit a family, as well as places that involvement me. Thanks for people who select written emails or sent donations, I promise that during 2008 this weblog tin operate yesteryear away on to grow - enough to a greater extent than temples to weblog - distressing if you lot don't similar temples... I create as well as this is my blog. Among other things, I desire to write to a greater extent than nearly Phuket Town, larn some photos from Chinese New Year's Day festivities as well as I select said to my married adult woman that nosotros involve to campaign some novel restaurants every bit nosotros select operate yesteryear away rather oculus aged as well as maintain going to the same places.
The Best of Jamie's Phuket 2007
Jan was when nosotros constitute The Beach Bar, a small-scale local eating theater on the beach at Cape Panwa. We select been dorsum many times inwards the in conclusion 12 months. Also inwards January, I had a await at Patong temple, a existent haven of peace close the busiest tourist zone inwards Thailand!
In February, I finally blogged the Kata Viewpoint, belike the most famous sentiment inwards Phuket. We must select been hither thirty times - whatsoever fourth dimension mortal comes to see nosotros say "hey, desire to encounter a bully view?"... We also visited local temples around the Kathu / Ket Ho expanse where nosotros live.
In March, my woman bring upward came to visit, I had a small-scale vacation as well as nosotros did every bit much every bit possible! Mother is inwards infirmary at domicile correct now, I similar to encounter the photos of the happy times nosotros had inwards March.
We visited Naithon beach - ane of Phukets many repose beaches, nosotros visited temples as well as nosotros took a longtail boat ride around Phang Nga Bay - an unmissable sight if you lot are coming to this business office of Thailand
In Apr I took a long walk around old Phuket Town as well as must create it ane time to a greater extent than ane day! I nonetheless desire to weblog the Chinese Shrines as well as the marketplace area. Apr 13th is of course of written report Songkran twenty-four lx minutes current - waterfights, turtle releases, as well as a lot of fun! Same ane time to a greater extent than inwards 2008!
In May, nosotros stopped for a await at Boat Lagoon - pace into some other world.. Compare this to Rawai beach... same planet? Yes, it's all Phuket, it's all correct here.
June 2007... every bit the summertime started, which is "low season" inwards Phuket, nosotros went to Paradise Beach a few times. Just along the route from Patong, only some other world.
Also inwards June, Koh Sirey featured on the blog, a repose business office of Phuket to the due east of Phuket Town alongside small-scale restaurants, bounding main gypsies as well as a hilltop temple.
July 2007 featured (among other things) the best milk shiver inwards Phuket at Mama Noi, Buddha Mountain, where a 45m high Buddha is nearing completion, as well as an early on morn see to Chalong Temple, Phuket's largest temple.
In August nosotros visited Phuket Zoo (again). The kids dearest it. I am non a zoo fan, only cannot deny my kids the conduct chances to encounter a tiger, elephants, monkeys, crocodiles, a "Twocan Toucan", deer, camels...
As the depression flavour dragged on inwards September, nosotros took a see to the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project as well as Bang Pae Waterfall, as well as I also took some fourth dimension to write nearly Karon Beach as well as some data on Buying a House inwards Phuket.
Oct is the calendar month when the seasons change.. the high flavour as well as depression flavour struggle a battle as well as the high flavour wins, though the depression flavour e'er has a few in conclusion infinitesimal surprises (see my Phuket Weather Blog for more)...Dino Park Mini Golf.. yep it's a fleck touristy only hey.
Oct was the highlight of the yr for me - the Phuket Vegetarian Festival. I took photos on two mornings of the street processions inwards Phuket Town. You select to encounter it to believe it. This is real. This is something special.
In November, nosotros finally went dorsum to Layan Beach, a lovely repose spot inwards the northward of the island, as well as nosotros also made our Krathong for the Loy Krathong Festival, ane of Thailand's most of import traditional events - you lot float your Krathong for skillful luck, happiness as well as to hand cheers to the goddess of the water.
As the yr rolled to a close, inwards Dec I tried to innovate a fleck of tradition alongside an article nearly our Buddha Shelf, as well as the yr ended every bit it began alongside a see to The Beach Bar which had been shut for one-half a yr as well as I am real happy to select it back!
Happy New Year, I promise 2008 (or 2551 inwards the Buddhist calendar) brings you lot happiness as well as success. Please create maintain reading Jamie's Phuket! Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com
The Best of Jamie's Phuket 2007
Jan was when nosotros constitute The Beach Bar, a small-scale local eating theater on the beach at Cape Panwa. We select been dorsum many times inwards the in conclusion 12 months. Also inwards January, I had a await at Patong temple, a existent haven of peace close the busiest tourist zone inwards Thailand!
In February, I finally blogged the Kata Viewpoint, belike the most famous sentiment inwards Phuket. We must select been hither thirty times - whatsoever fourth dimension mortal comes to see nosotros say "hey, desire to encounter a bully view?"... We also visited local temples around the Kathu / Ket Ho expanse where nosotros live.
In March, my woman bring upward came to visit, I had a small-scale vacation as well as nosotros did every bit much every bit possible! Mother is inwards infirmary at domicile correct now, I similar to encounter the photos of the happy times nosotros had inwards March.
We visited Naithon beach - ane of Phukets many repose beaches, nosotros visited temples as well as nosotros took a longtail boat ride around Phang Nga Bay - an unmissable sight if you lot are coming to this business office of Thailand
In Apr I took a long walk around old Phuket Town as well as must create it ane time to a greater extent than ane day! I nonetheless desire to weblog the Chinese Shrines as well as the marketplace area. Apr 13th is of course of written report Songkran twenty-four lx minutes current - waterfights, turtle releases, as well as a lot of fun! Same ane time to a greater extent than inwards 2008!
In May, nosotros stopped for a await at Boat Lagoon - pace into some other world.. Compare this to Rawai beach... same planet? Yes, it's all Phuket, it's all correct here.
June 2007... every bit the summertime started, which is "low season" inwards Phuket, nosotros went to Paradise Beach a few times. Just along the route from Patong, only some other world.
Also inwards June, Koh Sirey featured on the blog, a repose business office of Phuket to the due east of Phuket Town alongside small-scale restaurants, bounding main gypsies as well as a hilltop temple.
July 2007 featured (among other things) the best milk shiver inwards Phuket at Mama Noi, Buddha Mountain, where a 45m high Buddha is nearing completion, as well as an early on morn see to Chalong Temple, Phuket's largest temple.
In August nosotros visited Phuket Zoo (again). The kids dearest it. I am non a zoo fan, only cannot deny my kids the conduct chances to encounter a tiger, elephants, monkeys, crocodiles, a "Twocan Toucan", deer, camels...
As the depression flavour dragged on inwards September, nosotros took a see to the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project as well as Bang Pae Waterfall, as well as I also took some fourth dimension to write nearly Karon Beach as well as some data on Buying a House inwards Phuket.
Oct is the calendar month when the seasons change.. the high flavour as well as depression flavour struggle a battle as well as the high flavour wins, though the depression flavour e'er has a few in conclusion infinitesimal surprises (see my Phuket Weather Blog for more)...Dino Park Mini Golf.. yep it's a fleck touristy only hey.
Oct was the highlight of the yr for me - the Phuket Vegetarian Festival. I took photos on two mornings of the street processions inwards Phuket Town. You select to encounter it to believe it. This is real. This is something special.
In November, nosotros finally went dorsum to Layan Beach, a lovely repose spot inwards the northward of the island, as well as nosotros also made our Krathong for the Loy Krathong Festival, ane of Thailand's most of import traditional events - you lot float your Krathong for skillful luck, happiness as well as to hand cheers to the goddess of the water.
As the yr rolled to a close, inwards Dec I tried to innovate a fleck of tradition alongside an article nearly our Buddha Shelf, as well as the yr ended every bit it began alongside a see to The Beach Bar which had been shut for one-half a yr as well as I am real happy to select it back!
Happy New Year, I promise 2008 (or 2551 inwards the Buddhist calendar) brings you lot happiness as well as success. Please create maintain reading Jamie's Phuket! Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com