Continuing swiftly on from the Best of the Phuket Blog Part 1 (January - June) .. here's the best bits from the 2nd one-half of 2011. I enjoyed 2011 - nosotros had some real prissy days out, our kids are growing upwardly in addition to learning well-nigh life every day. We had holidays alongside my Mum in addition to Dad hither inwards September / October. And I've had no problem finding novel places to weblog about, although I receive got also "reblogged" a few things that were originally on the Phuket weblog dorsum inwards 2006 or 2007, mainly to hold everything current, also to add together novel photos, every bit some of the older weblog posts don't receive got swell images. I am even thus using a Canon EOS 20D, which is quite old, in addition to volition most probable live upgraded this year. Bring on 2012!
July 2011... H5N1 real skilful blogging month. Starting alongside a favourite piddling eating theatre inwards Phuket called Kopitiam located on Thalang Road inwards the onetime town. They do skilful onetime manner java (Kopi) in addition to Chinese-Thai nutrient similar Hokkien noodles in addition to the eating theatre is total of onetime photos of Phuket. The Chinese connectedness continued - I blogged well-nigh the big Chinese shrine at Thau Reua, unopen to the Heroines Monument - most tourists volition create past times this shrine on the means from the drome to the principal beach areas. It was beingness built when I start arrived inwards Phuket inwards 1999. It was exclusively completed inwards 2010 .. in addition to this was the start fourth dimension I had looked inside!
We constitute a novel eating theatre inwards July called Yellow Door, on the northward side of Phuket Town in addition to we've been several times since. And in addition to then on the weekend of 15th - 17th July was the third annual Kathu Village Festival - a street fair alongside a swell street procession on the start evening. We alive inwards Kathu in addition to I truly similar the area. Some superb costumes inwards the procession ...
I receive got friends inwards Phuket who are involved inwards all kinds of businesses. I wrote inwards July well-nigh a duo of friend's places... If yous desire to majority a tour, hire a car, charter a boat, see Phi Phi, simply well-nigh anything - contact Diego or Ingo at Easy Day Thailand! And if yous desire Yoga classes, acquire in addition to come across Becky in addition to The Little Yoga Room!
August - it's depression flavour in addition to ane matter I dearest is that the evenings are longer - sunset is xxx minutes after than January, it simply makes the solar daytime to a greater extent than relaxed for me. I had the run a endangerment to see places after work, grab the sunset, accept inwards some views. The viewpoint past times the air current turbine inwards betwixt Naiharn in addition to Ya Nui beaches is great, in addition to when I visited inwards August mortal was paragliding too! The atmospheric condition inwards depression flavour is mixed but tin oftentimes live similar this ...
Also inwards August, some other start - I had heard well-nigh the Por Tor festival (Hungry Ghost Festival) but never had a hold off before... some other WoW! Very much enjoyed this - something real unlike for me, for the whole describe of piece of job solid unit of measurement inwards fact. It's a real local festival based around a pocket-size Chinese shrine inwards Phuket Town. Huge cherry-red turtle cakes are made every bit offerings.
The blog, beingness over v years old, is a piddling ragged inwards places.. tin live difficult to detect some posts, thus I wrote a duo of things to necktie upwardly some weblog pages inwards neat packages - Phuket Museums in addition to Phuket Waterfalls. In September, I realised that despite working for many years at Karon Beach, I had never stopped at the Karon Temple Market which takes identify every Tuesday in addition to Sabbatum evening. I receive got to brand to a greater extent than of an effort! Hey, the Chalong Temple fair is coming upwardly presently 23 - 29 Jan 2012 - I volition live stopping at that spot to acquire some novel photos for sure. From local markets to novel resorts, I truly got invited to the opening political party of the Holiday Inn Mai Khao Beach, they patently remember I am a total fourth dimension blogger alongside lots of spare time! Could non brand the party, but did weblog well-nigh the resort.
On some other sunny evening, I visited the Nai Harn Temple for the start time. It's a stones throw from the beach. As the level Sun bathed the temple inwards light, Monks chanted inside. H5N1 spiritual experience? Well, a photograph op for sure!
The 2011 Phuket Vegetarian Festival started on September 26th - my favourite Phuket event! The history in addition to the traditions in addition to the bizarre piercings in addition to all the firecrackers - dearest it! The adjacent vi weblog posts inwards September in addition to Oct were all well-nigh the festival in addition to it's many ceremonies. We attended the opening ceremony at Kathu Shrine - raising the Go Teng pole for the Gods to descend. We went dorsum at midnight too. First fourth dimension I'd done that.
The festival lasts 10 days. Best 10 days of the year! H5N1 few days after the start nosotros investigated the "Birth in addition to Death Gods" procession inwards Kathu village, in addition to during the festival nosotros also saw early-morning human face upwardly piercing at Sam Kong Shrine, a large street parade inwards Phuket Town from the Bang Neow Shrine, nosotros were at our "local" Kathu shrine early on morning for to a greater extent than human face upwardly piercing. And nosotros were dorsum at Kathu on the terminal nighttime of the festival for the bridge crossing ceremony which seemed to attract the whole local population! H5N1 few photos from the vegetarian festival ...
Early Oct was a busy fourth dimension for photos! Mum in addition to Dad hither for holidays in addition to I took some fourth dimension off work, nosotros were out most days, though the atmospheric condition was non real form - most of the weblog posts from Oct correct into Dec were based on things nosotros did during the holidays - nosotros investigated quite a lot of novel restaurants such every bit Thanoon Seafood, adjacent to the Sarasin Bridge betwixt Phuket in addition to Phang Nga. And also the restaurant at Cape Phromthep, which somehow nosotros had never tried earlier inwards all these years .. what a view!
We also ate at Kin Dee Restaurant inwards the northward of Phuket in addition to I blogged well-nigh the floating restaurants at Coconut Island. We had been busy bees on vacation in addition to I was glad to receive got a backlog of novel things to weblog - in ane trial I was dorsum at work, things were busy! We visited the onetime Chinese mansion inwards Phuket Town called Chinpracha House, opened upwardly to earth for gustatory modality of early on 20th century Phuket life. Nice to live on holiday! Another solar daytime nosotros headed to the due south of Phuket in addition to visited Rawai Beach in addition to Ya Nui Beach.
(above) Fishermen making a fish trap at Rawai beach - in addition to my Mum at Ya Nui beach :)
Dec 2011 - novel pages on the weblog included the real skilful Thai Hua Phuket History Museum in addition to the new span from Phuket to Phang Nga that yous tin walk across - quite a pop novel do surface area for local people. And the yr comes to an destination ... already a duo of novel places ready to weblog :) I receive got less fourth dimension at this fourth dimension of year, high flavour in addition to the dive shop is busy. H5N1 solar daytime off is to a greater extent than probable to live relaxing at home, non driving in addition to exploring Phuket! Thanks for reading the Phuket Blog ... much to a greater extent than to come! Please do bring together the Facebook Page, delight do hold reading! The photograph below was taken yesterday. Not blogged yet!
And every bit nosotros movement into 2012, here's a photograph I took on New Years Eve. We (meaning my family) avoided the crowds in addition to had a NYE dinner at a pocket-size eating theatre past times the beach inwards a less touristy area. The whole thought of the Phuket Blog was to demo Phuket inwards a unlike light, promise that is even thus obvious, promise it volition proceed through 2012.
Happy New Year's Day from Phuket! Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com
July 2011... H5N1 real skilful blogging month. Starting alongside a favourite piddling eating theatre inwards Phuket called Kopitiam located on Thalang Road inwards the onetime town. They do skilful onetime manner java (Kopi) in addition to Chinese-Thai nutrient similar Hokkien noodles in addition to the eating theatre is total of onetime photos of Phuket. The Chinese connectedness continued - I blogged well-nigh the big Chinese shrine at Thau Reua, unopen to the Heroines Monument - most tourists volition create past times this shrine on the means from the drome to the principal beach areas. It was beingness built when I start arrived inwards Phuket inwards 1999. It was exclusively completed inwards 2010 .. in addition to this was the start fourth dimension I had looked inside!
We constitute a novel eating theatre inwards July called Yellow Door, on the northward side of Phuket Town in addition to we've been several times since. And in addition to then on the weekend of 15th - 17th July was the third annual Kathu Village Festival - a street fair alongside a swell street procession on the start evening. We alive inwards Kathu in addition to I truly similar the area. Some superb costumes inwards the procession ...
I receive got friends inwards Phuket who are involved inwards all kinds of businesses. I wrote inwards July well-nigh a duo of friend's places... If yous desire to majority a tour, hire a car, charter a boat, see Phi Phi, simply well-nigh anything - contact Diego or Ingo at Easy Day Thailand! And if yous desire Yoga classes, acquire in addition to come across Becky in addition to The Little Yoga Room!
August - it's depression flavour in addition to ane matter I dearest is that the evenings are longer - sunset is xxx minutes after than January, it simply makes the solar daytime to a greater extent than relaxed for me. I had the run a endangerment to see places after work, grab the sunset, accept inwards some views. The viewpoint past times the air current turbine inwards betwixt Naiharn in addition to Ya Nui beaches is great, in addition to when I visited inwards August mortal was paragliding too! The atmospheric condition inwards depression flavour is mixed but tin oftentimes live similar this ...
Also inwards August, some other start - I had heard well-nigh the Por Tor festival (Hungry Ghost Festival) but never had a hold off before... some other WoW! Very much enjoyed this - something real unlike for me, for the whole describe of piece of job solid unit of measurement inwards fact. It's a real local festival based around a pocket-size Chinese shrine inwards Phuket Town. Huge cherry-red turtle cakes are made every bit offerings.
The blog, beingness over v years old, is a piddling ragged inwards places.. tin live difficult to detect some posts, thus I wrote a duo of things to necktie upwardly some weblog pages inwards neat packages - Phuket Museums in addition to Phuket Waterfalls. In September, I realised that despite working for many years at Karon Beach, I had never stopped at the Karon Temple Market which takes identify every Tuesday in addition to Sabbatum evening. I receive got to brand to a greater extent than of an effort! Hey, the Chalong Temple fair is coming upwardly presently 23 - 29 Jan 2012 - I volition live stopping at that spot to acquire some novel photos for sure. From local markets to novel resorts, I truly got invited to the opening political party of the Holiday Inn Mai Khao Beach, they patently remember I am a total fourth dimension blogger alongside lots of spare time! Could non brand the party, but did weblog well-nigh the resort.
On some other sunny evening, I visited the Nai Harn Temple for the start time. It's a stones throw from the beach. As the level Sun bathed the temple inwards light, Monks chanted inside. H5N1 spiritual experience? Well, a photograph op for sure!
The 2011 Phuket Vegetarian Festival started on September 26th - my favourite Phuket event! The history in addition to the traditions in addition to the bizarre piercings in addition to all the firecrackers - dearest it! The adjacent vi weblog posts inwards September in addition to Oct were all well-nigh the festival in addition to it's many ceremonies. We attended the opening ceremony at Kathu Shrine - raising the Go Teng pole for the Gods to descend. We went dorsum at midnight too. First fourth dimension I'd done that.
The festival lasts 10 days. Best 10 days of the year! H5N1 few days after the start nosotros investigated the "Birth in addition to Death Gods" procession inwards Kathu village, in addition to during the festival nosotros also saw early-morning human face upwardly piercing at Sam Kong Shrine, a large street parade inwards Phuket Town from the Bang Neow Shrine, nosotros were at our "local" Kathu shrine early on morning for to a greater extent than human face upwardly piercing. And nosotros were dorsum at Kathu on the terminal nighttime of the festival for the bridge crossing ceremony which seemed to attract the whole local population! H5N1 few photos from the vegetarian festival ...
Early Oct was a busy fourth dimension for photos! Mum in addition to Dad hither for holidays in addition to I took some fourth dimension off work, nosotros were out most days, though the atmospheric condition was non real form - most of the weblog posts from Oct correct into Dec were based on things nosotros did during the holidays - nosotros investigated quite a lot of novel restaurants such every bit Thanoon Seafood, adjacent to the Sarasin Bridge betwixt Phuket in addition to Phang Nga. And also the restaurant at Cape Phromthep, which somehow nosotros had never tried earlier inwards all these years .. what a view!
We also ate at Kin Dee Restaurant inwards the northward of Phuket in addition to I blogged well-nigh the floating restaurants at Coconut Island. We had been busy bees on vacation in addition to I was glad to receive got a backlog of novel things to weblog - in ane trial I was dorsum at work, things were busy! We visited the onetime Chinese mansion inwards Phuket Town called Chinpracha House, opened upwardly to earth for gustatory modality of early on 20th century Phuket life. Nice to live on holiday! Another solar daytime nosotros headed to the due south of Phuket in addition to visited Rawai Beach in addition to Ya Nui Beach.
(above) Fishermen making a fish trap at Rawai beach - in addition to my Mum at Ya Nui beach :)
Dec 2011 - novel pages on the weblog included the real skilful Thai Hua Phuket History Museum in addition to the new span from Phuket to Phang Nga that yous tin walk across - quite a pop novel do surface area for local people. And the yr comes to an destination ... already a duo of novel places ready to weblog :) I receive got less fourth dimension at this fourth dimension of year, high flavour in addition to the dive shop is busy. H5N1 solar daytime off is to a greater extent than probable to live relaxing at home, non driving in addition to exploring Phuket! Thanks for reading the Phuket Blog ... much to a greater extent than to come! Please do bring together the Facebook Page, delight do hold reading! The photograph below was taken yesterday. Not blogged yet!
And every bit nosotros movement into 2012, here's a photograph I took on New Years Eve. We (meaning my family) avoided the crowds in addition to had a NYE dinner at a pocket-size eating theatre past times the beach inwards a less touristy area. The whole thought of the Phuket Blog was to demo Phuket inwards a unlike light, promise that is even thus obvious, promise it volition proceed through 2012.
Happy New Year's Day from Phuket! Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com