Phuket is an island, surrounded yesteryear water, true. Yes, nosotros should state "Koh Phuket" in addition to many vacation brochures in addition to websites volition brand a lot of this "island" idea. An isle is exotic, romantic, a house where magic happens, palm trees sway in addition to grin people serve y'all cocktails made of coconuts. Yes, Phuket is truly an island, but exclusively just. It's less than 500 meters from the really due north of Phuket across to Phang Nga province. We're non truly cutting off yesteryear the sea here! Well, non at all. If y'all ignore the international airport, Phuket is connected to the mainland of Thailand yesteryear a bridge. Or 2. Well, truly in that place are iii bridges now. The commencement was built inwards 1967 in addition to called Sarasin Bridge (สะพานสารสิน / Sapan Sarasin), named afterwards a now-forgotten politician. Before that, in that place was the ferry .. photograph below (showing an one-time photograph on the wall of the Kopitiam cafe inwards Phuket Town) shows the ferry in addition to no bridge!
The commencement span was plenty for 1970's traffic amongst piddling tourism yet hitting Phuket. H5N1 minute span was built non thus long agone (I can't retrieve precisely when, but it was inwards the concluding 12 years) to allow traffic to function yesteryear to a greater extent than easily inwards in addition to out of Phuket amongst i span heading due north in addition to i to the south. And now... simply a couplet of months ago, a third span was completed. The one-time span has been tarted upward in addition to turned into a pedestrian span amongst lot of lamps in addition to steps in addition to decorations. We took a walk over the span of late on a sunny depression flavor day, planning to walk in addition to and thus swallow luncheon at the Thanoon Seafood restaurant which sits yesteryear the H2O simply fifty meters from the span on the Phang Nga side.
(above) Thanoon Seafood eating theatre seen from the due north halt of Sarasin bridge.
Best house to common if y'all desire to walk.. simply about the restaurant.. y'all get got to crusade over the novel bridge, produce a U-turn in addition to plough off on a side road, dorsum nether the route bridge... The thought of the pedestrian span is to brand a overnice tourist attraction. The span certainly looks overnice in addition to is a skillful run a endangerment to walk to Phuket from Phang Nga, or walk to Phang Nga from Phuket amongst a pretty seaview.. but really? H5N1 tourist attraction? You going to accept a taxi hither 50km from Patong to walk over the bridge? Probably not, but if y'all are a to a greater extent than independent traveler, rent a car, accept a trip to the due north of Phuket or to Phang Nga.. in addition to thus produce halt in addition to accept some do here.
(above) That's me in addition to Dad laid for a piddling walk. Got some skillful fresh sea air that hateful solar daytime too! It was yet depression flavor amongst a potent breeze blowing inwards from the west. At the Phang Nga side (north side) of the bridge, to the eastward inwards the sheltered waters in that place is a line-fishing village. Longtail boats come upward in addition to go. There were some larger line-fishing boats at the dockside too.
(above) Mum in addition to Dad banking company friction match out the sentiment to the eastward on the Phang Nga side of the Sarasin bridge.
In Phuket, y'all don't get got to crusade far to abide by the "old Phuket" away from the hotels in addition to tourism. The piddling line-fishing hamlet to a higher house is a footing away from Patong Beach, in addition to I know where I'd rather live. We walked along the span dorsum towards Phuket, stopping to pose for some pictures on the way. It was a overnice sunny day, no rush at all. In the pump of the bridge, y'all get got a piddling sentiment tower amongst steps upward in addition to downwards to the bridge. Good house to pose. Halfway upward the stairs is the stair where I sit.
Actually, I admit, my married adult woman in addition to I stopped halfway. The kids chased afterwards their Grandma who wanted to consummate the long walk dorsum to Phuket. As an aside.. nosotros don't truly purpose the discussion Grandma... our kids telephone telephone my Mum "Nanny", which is what I used to telephone telephone my paternal grandmother. So, they chased afterwards Nanny in addition to she establish something interesting to indicate out inwards the water...
They all reached terra firma on the Phuket side safely in addition to headed dorsum to the lazy component of the household unit of measurement (that's me, my dearest married adult woman in addition to my Dad). We cross the span quite oftentimes for days out. We similar heading to Phang Nga to see Phang Nga Bay or to swallow at the Samchong Seafood eating theatre or the 360 Degree Cafe. And on this hateful solar daytime nosotros ate luncheon at the aforementioned Thanoon Seafood. I reckon we'll accept a stroll over the Sarasin Bridge i time again sometime soon. I'd similar to explore the surface area a flake to a greater extent than when there's time.
(above) Yes nosotros enjoyed our piddling walk over the bridge! Many times I had driven over the one-time span in addition to wished to halt in addition to accept a walk - non possible without blocking traffic! Now that walk is possible. To the westward - the opened upward ocean, to the eastward is Phang Nga Bay. I get got ever enjoyed the sentiment from the Sarasin Bridge, it was overnice to live on able to larn that sentiment in addition to accept a leisurely stroll at the same time. Followed yesteryear a overnice luncheon at Thanoon Seafood - in addition to here's a sentiment from nether the bridge(s) simply along the sand from the eating theatre ...
Sarasin Bridge - Location Map
View Sarasin Bridge Phuket inwards a larger map Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com
The commencement span was plenty for 1970's traffic amongst piddling tourism yet hitting Phuket. H5N1 minute span was built non thus long agone (I can't retrieve precisely when, but it was inwards the concluding 12 years) to allow traffic to function yesteryear to a greater extent than easily inwards in addition to out of Phuket amongst i span heading due north in addition to i to the south. And now... simply a couplet of months ago, a third span was completed. The one-time span has been tarted upward in addition to turned into a pedestrian span amongst lot of lamps in addition to steps in addition to decorations. We took a walk over the span of late on a sunny depression flavor day, planning to walk in addition to and thus swallow luncheon at the Thanoon Seafood restaurant which sits yesteryear the H2O simply fifty meters from the span on the Phang Nga side.
(above) Thanoon Seafood eating theatre seen from the due north halt of Sarasin bridge.
Best house to common if y'all desire to walk.. simply about the restaurant.. y'all get got to crusade over the novel bridge, produce a U-turn in addition to plough off on a side road, dorsum nether the route bridge... The thought of the pedestrian span is to brand a overnice tourist attraction. The span certainly looks overnice in addition to is a skillful run a endangerment to walk to Phuket from Phang Nga, or walk to Phang Nga from Phuket amongst a pretty seaview.. but really? H5N1 tourist attraction? You going to accept a taxi hither 50km from Patong to walk over the bridge? Probably not, but if y'all are a to a greater extent than independent traveler, rent a car, accept a trip to the due north of Phuket or to Phang Nga.. in addition to thus produce halt in addition to accept some do here.
(above) That's me in addition to Dad laid for a piddling walk. Got some skillful fresh sea air that hateful solar daytime too! It was yet depression flavor amongst a potent breeze blowing inwards from the west. At the Phang Nga side (north side) of the bridge, to the eastward inwards the sheltered waters in that place is a line-fishing village. Longtail boats come upward in addition to go. There were some larger line-fishing boats at the dockside too.
(above) Mum in addition to Dad banking company friction match out the sentiment to the eastward on the Phang Nga side of the Sarasin bridge.
In Phuket, y'all don't get got to crusade far to abide by the "old Phuket" away from the hotels in addition to tourism. The piddling line-fishing hamlet to a higher house is a footing away from Patong Beach, in addition to I know where I'd rather live. We walked along the span dorsum towards Phuket, stopping to pose for some pictures on the way. It was a overnice sunny day, no rush at all. In the pump of the bridge, y'all get got a piddling sentiment tower amongst steps upward in addition to downwards to the bridge. Good house to pose. Halfway upward the stairs is the stair where I sit.
Actually, I admit, my married adult woman in addition to I stopped halfway. The kids chased afterwards their Grandma who wanted to consummate the long walk dorsum to Phuket. As an aside.. nosotros don't truly purpose the discussion Grandma... our kids telephone telephone my Mum "Nanny", which is what I used to telephone telephone my paternal grandmother. So, they chased afterwards Nanny in addition to she establish something interesting to indicate out inwards the water...
They all reached terra firma on the Phuket side safely in addition to headed dorsum to the lazy component of the household unit of measurement (that's me, my dearest married adult woman in addition to my Dad). We cross the span quite oftentimes for days out. We similar heading to Phang Nga to see Phang Nga Bay or to swallow at the Samchong Seafood eating theatre or the 360 Degree Cafe. And on this hateful solar daytime nosotros ate luncheon at the aforementioned Thanoon Seafood. I reckon we'll accept a stroll over the Sarasin Bridge i time again sometime soon. I'd similar to explore the surface area a flake to a greater extent than when there's time.
(above) Yes nosotros enjoyed our piddling walk over the bridge! Many times I had driven over the one-time span in addition to wished to halt in addition to accept a walk - non possible without blocking traffic! Now that walk is possible. To the westward - the opened upward ocean, to the eastward is Phang Nga Bay. I get got ever enjoyed the sentiment from the Sarasin Bridge, it was overnice to live on able to larn that sentiment in addition to accept a leisurely stroll at the same time. Followed yesteryear a overnice luncheon at Thanoon Seafood - in addition to here's a sentiment from nether the bridge(s) simply along the sand from the eating theatre ...
Sarasin Bridge - Location Map
View Sarasin Bridge Phuket inwards a larger map Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com