The full general consensus seems to move that 2016 was a bad year. This is simply a spider web log nigh Phuket, I don't desire to speak politics or larn all sentimental, but ... well, Brexit was dumb, voting for Trump was dumber, the footing continues to create out too terrorists who volition never genuinely win move on to kill random innocent people. And people larn to a greater extent than upset nigh the decease of a pop star than the decease of children inward Syria. But this is simply a spider web log nigh Phuket. How was 2016 here? Well, pretty proficient genuinely ... life goes on. This spider web log is directly to a greater extent than than 10 years old, I am withal managing a dive store too watching my kids grow upward too nosotros travail to create lots of menage unit of measurement activities. We tried two times to cause got a long route trip upward to the North of Thailand .. inward Apr nosotros were thwarted yesteryear extreme hot conditions too haze, addition a builder who took a lot longer to complete move on our solid than he'd promised! And inward October, nosotros wanted to travail the long crusade in 1 lawsuit again but our miss got sick. Plus, too this was the large Thai news, King Bhumibol (King Rama IX) passed away on Oct 13th. So it was non an ideal year, but here's my annual yearly review of what was featured on Jamie's Phuket final year, 2016.
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a review of 2015 :) But nosotros before long got out exploring too taking wages of the real prissy weather. It hardly rained for a duad of months inward Jan too February. We went looking for a viewpoint inward Phang Nga inward betwixt Phuket too Khao Lak. We flora
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rKhao Kai Nui too withal conception to move back, but the crusade upward was a combat scary!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r3D Trickeye Museum
Quite a lot of eating seat posts on the spider web log inward 2016, which I hope volition move on inward 2017! There should move more, but nosotros create tend to cause got a few favourites too I acknowledge nosotros don't travail novel restaurants oftentimes enough. We ate a few times at
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rRum Jungle which is inward the Naiharn area, too is a combat higher upward our normal budget, but is real good! I had my birthday dinner there. Yes, non cheap, but .. mightiness cause got my birthday dinner in that location in 1 lawsuit again inward 2017!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rKopitiam inward one-time Phuket Town too
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rThe Big Chicken inward Kathu. As nosotros alive inward the Kathu area, nosotros oftentimes consume around Kathu too the town. For to a greater extent than eating seat suggestions run into :
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rPhuket Restaurants.
There was a combat of a lack of new, exciting days out inward the high season. I unremarkably move half dozen days per calendar week too facial expression forrad to a combat to a greater extent than gratuitous fourth dimension too some holidays from May to October! We had a real prissy weekend trip at the destination of Apr to
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rKoh Yao Yai Island, stopping off at other islands on the way. We cause got been to Koh Yao Noi several times, but this was our kickoff trip the bigger of the Koh Yao islands.
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rSamet Nangshe Viewpoint has rapidly larn real pop too I hope volition non move spoiled. The view is amazing too nosotros create retrieve to see in 1 lawsuit again before long for a sunrise view. Anyway. Wow!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rZaab Tae Tae quite a few times this year. Not a house for Western food. They generally create Isaan food, too plenty of spicy stuff. Guaranteed to tickle the gustation buds! And then, 1 solar daytime the kids genuinely really wanted pizza. We tried a house called
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rCaffeine which is closed to the aforementioned Big Chicken. Very proficient pizza!
Into the depression season, inward June nosotros went looking at all the novel street fine art that had appeared around one-time Phuket Town. And this needs updating again, the town is getting arty!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rStreet Art inward Old Phuket Town
I flora fourth dimension to revisit
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rLaem Ka Beach, closed to Rawai Beach. I had non been for many years. I listen that it gets busy inward high season, but inward June it was almost deserted! Also inward depression season, I managed to spider web log nigh
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rMosques inward Phuket. I had meant to create this for a while, too took several drives around the isle to cause got photos of mosques. There were to a greater extent than than I realised!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rOne Chun restaurant inward Phuket Town - real proficient local Thai food. We ate in that location a duad of times including our daughter's birthday. It got real popular, belike non due to this spider web log .. some other duad of times nosotros thought nigh eating there, but it looked likewise total for us. I don't similar getting shoehorned into a eating seat no affair how proficient the nutrient is!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rLittle Amazon tour.
Another novel eating seat ...
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rMaireab Zaap Ver is inward Kathu non far from our house. The owners used to cause got a smaller house on the route to Kathu waterfall, but it closed years ago. We were happy to run into them back. We cause got been eating hither quite often!
And a novel marketplace position inward Phuket too! There are genuinely lots of
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rmarkets inward Phuket including several black markets. The novel Chillva marketplace position opened inward Apr 2016 too is the electrical current trendy house to hang out! Lots of food, a few bars, lots of clothing too random stalls. More on the spider web log :
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rChillva Market.
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rPhang Nga is fashion bigger too nosotros similar to explore. This twelvemonth nosotros flora a "new" waterfall, too exclusively 10km from the bridge, simply due north of Khok Kloi town.
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rWat Khao Waterfall is non the biggest, but real pretty inward the rainy season, too non thence large every bit to foreclose swimming. Plus nosotros flora a proficient eating seat correct adjacent to the falls!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2016 Phuket Vegetarian Festival which ran from 30th September - Oct 9th. I did my commons nine solar daytime diet too attended several of the street processions, although non every bit much every bit previous years. Still got lots of proficient photos!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rSamet Nangshe Viewpoint where we'd seen a pocket-size line-fishing hamlet dorsum inward 2015. Now this hamlet has started a tour performance amongst longtail boats heading out to nearby islands, some amongst caves. We weren't quite for sure what to expect, but it turned out to move 1 the best days of the twelvemonth - read to a greater extent than @
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rExploring Islands inward Phang Nga Bay.
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rTop 10 Phuket Tours page on the blog, too it's good worth a read if you lot are non for sure what to create around here!
Last duad of spider web log posts inward 2016 - to a greater extent than restaurants! We genuinely similar
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rNern Khao View Talay, which is closed to Wat Khao Waterfall. We ate in that location a duad of times too went in that location for dinner on New Year's Day 2017 too! Bit of a crusade from the due south of Phuket of course, but if you lot are exploring Phang Nga too it happens to move luncheon or dinner time, this has larn a novel favourite later simply a duad of visits!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rPim's Kitchen! I vow to hold trying novel restaurants inward 2017, partly for the variety, partly to cause got something to spider web log about!
Slightly uncertain times inward Thailand amongst a novel King, too no exact appointment for novel elections .. the coup was nearly iii years ago. And yet tourism e'er seems to move unaffected! Phuket is non a perfect paradise, but I cause got no plans to leave, real much relish living hither too exploring the area. The spider web log goes on! Any questions nigh Phuket, delight create inquire on the Facebook Page. And delight create follow on Twitter too Instagram! And detect lots to a greater extent than photos on Flickr. Here's to a happy 2017!
Previous Yearly Blog Reviews :
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2015 -
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2014 -
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2013 -
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2012 -
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2011 -
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2010 Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a review of 2015 :) But nosotros before long got out exploring too taking wages of the real prissy weather. It hardly rained for a duad of months inward Jan too February. We went looking for a viewpoint inward Phang Nga inward betwixt Phuket too Khao Lak. We flora
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rKhao Kai Nui too withal conception to move back, but the crusade upward was a combat scary!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r3D Trickeye Museum
Quite a lot of eating seat posts on the spider web log inward 2016, which I hope volition move on inward 2017! There should move more, but nosotros create tend to cause got a few favourites too I acknowledge nosotros don't travail novel restaurants oftentimes enough. We ate a few times at
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rRum Jungle which is inward the Naiharn area, too is a combat higher upward our normal budget, but is real good! I had my birthday dinner there. Yes, non cheap, but .. mightiness cause got my birthday dinner in that location in 1 lawsuit again inward 2017!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rKopitiam inward one-time Phuket Town too
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rThe Big Chicken inward Kathu. As nosotros alive inward the Kathu area, nosotros oftentimes consume around Kathu too the town. For to a greater extent than eating seat suggestions run into :
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rPhuket Restaurants.
There was a combat of a lack of new, exciting days out inward the high season. I unremarkably move half dozen days per calendar week too facial expression forrad to a combat to a greater extent than gratuitous fourth dimension too some holidays from May to October! We had a real prissy weekend trip at the destination of Apr to
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rKoh Yao Yai Island, stopping off at other islands on the way. We cause got been to Koh Yao Noi several times, but this was our kickoff trip the bigger of the Koh Yao islands.
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rSamet Nangshe Viewpoint has rapidly larn real pop too I hope volition non move spoiled. The view is amazing too nosotros create retrieve to see in 1 lawsuit again before long for a sunrise view. Anyway. Wow!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rZaab Tae Tae quite a few times this year. Not a house for Western food. They generally create Isaan food, too plenty of spicy stuff. Guaranteed to tickle the gustation buds! And then, 1 solar daytime the kids genuinely really wanted pizza. We tried a house called
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rCaffeine which is closed to the aforementioned Big Chicken. Very proficient pizza!
Into the depression season, inward June nosotros went looking at all the novel street fine art that had appeared around one-time Phuket Town. And this needs updating again, the town is getting arty!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rStreet Art inward Old Phuket Town
I flora fourth dimension to revisit
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rLaem Ka Beach, closed to Rawai Beach. I had non been for many years. I listen that it gets busy inward high season, but inward June it was almost deserted! Also inward depression season, I managed to spider web log nigh
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rMosques inward Phuket. I had meant to create this for a while, too took several drives around the isle to cause got photos of mosques. There were to a greater extent than than I realised!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rOne Chun restaurant inward Phuket Town - real proficient local Thai food. We ate in that location a duad of times including our daughter's birthday. It got real popular, belike non due to this spider web log .. some other duad of times nosotros thought nigh eating there, but it looked likewise total for us. I don't similar getting shoehorned into a eating seat no affair how proficient the nutrient is!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rLittle Amazon tour.
Another novel eating seat ...
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rMaireab Zaap Ver is inward Kathu non far from our house. The owners used to cause got a smaller house on the route to Kathu waterfall, but it closed years ago. We were happy to run into them back. We cause got been eating hither quite often!
And a novel marketplace position inward Phuket too! There are genuinely lots of
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rmarkets inward Phuket including several black markets. The novel Chillva marketplace position opened inward Apr 2016 too is the electrical current trendy house to hang out! Lots of food, a few bars, lots of clothing too random stalls. More on the spider web log :
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rChillva Market.
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rPhang Nga is fashion bigger too nosotros similar to explore. This twelvemonth nosotros flora a "new" waterfall, too exclusively 10km from the bridge, simply due north of Khok Kloi town.
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rWat Khao Waterfall is non the biggest, but real pretty inward the rainy season, too non thence large every bit to foreclose swimming. Plus nosotros flora a proficient eating seat correct adjacent to the falls!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2016 Phuket Vegetarian Festival which ran from 30th September - Oct 9th. I did my commons nine solar daytime diet too attended several of the street processions, although non every bit much every bit previous years. Still got lots of proficient photos!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rSamet Nangshe Viewpoint where we'd seen a pocket-size line-fishing hamlet dorsum inward 2015. Now this hamlet has started a tour performance amongst longtail boats heading out to nearby islands, some amongst caves. We weren't quite for sure what to expect, but it turned out to move 1 the best days of the twelvemonth - read to a greater extent than @
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rExploring Islands inward Phang Nga Bay.
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rTop 10 Phuket Tours page on the blog, too it's good worth a read if you lot are non for sure what to create around here!
Last duad of spider web log posts inward 2016 - to a greater extent than restaurants! We genuinely similar
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rNern Khao View Talay, which is closed to Wat Khao Waterfall. We ate in that location a duad of times too went in that location for dinner on New Year's Day 2017 too! Bit of a crusade from the due south of Phuket of course, but if you lot are exploring Phang Nga too it happens to move luncheon or dinner time, this has larn a novel favourite later simply a duad of visits!
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a rPim's Kitchen! I vow to hold trying novel restaurants inward 2017, partly for the variety, partly to cause got something to spider web log about!
Slightly uncertain times inward Thailand amongst a novel King, too no exact appointment for novel elections .. the coup was nearly iii years ago. And yet tourism e'er seems to move unaffected! Phuket is non a perfect paradise, but I cause got no plans to leave, real much relish living hither too exploring the area. The spider web log goes on! Any questions nigh Phuket, delight create inquire on the Facebook Page. And delight create follow on Twitter too Instagram! And detect lots to a greater extent than photos on Flickr. Here's to a happy 2017!
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(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2015 -
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2014 -
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2013 -
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2012 -
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2011 -
(above) Starting at the real destination of the twelvemonth ... all the Thai family. We all met inward Chumphon (400km due north of Phuket) for New Year. I drove upward on 31st Dec too drove dorsum on 1st January! Very prissy to run into all the family, all inward 1 house at the same time! Happy New Year's Day 2017! I cause got a proficient feeling nigh this year.
And directly dorsum to 1 twelvemonth ago, Jan 2016. The kickoff spider web log post service of 2016 was a r2010 Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com