A list of the largest islands in Thailand ranked by size. What are the largest islands in Thailand? This is a harder question to answer than I thought. Usually Wikipedia would have a list, but the Wiki list of islands of Thailand doesn’t show sizes. There are other lists online, but there are discrepancies between […]
Ornamental street signs of Thailand
In Thailand there are many cities that decorate their street signs with icons associated with the city. Here are some that I have seen over the years in my travels in Thailand. Patong Beach, Phuket Patong Beach in Phuket with a dolphin street sign. Krabi Town Krabi Town with a sword-wielding elephant. Of course. Maeklong […]
Notes on Phuket – There are worse places to be in quarantine
The “Phuket Sandbox” was a program to let international visitors back into Thailand after the country had been closed for international travel during the pandemic. Instead of being locked in a hotel room for a week, you could stay on the island of Phuket for a week before being allowed to travel anywhere else in […]
Hotel Review: Radisson Blu Plaza Resort Phuket Panwa Beach, Phuket – Thailand
Hotel Name: Radisson Blu Plaza Resort Phuket Panwa Beach Address: 44/5 Moo 8 Sakdidesh Road, Panwa Cape, Phuket, Thailand [EDIT: The Radisson Blu Plaza Resort Phuket has been taken over by AccorHotels and was rebranded as the Pullman Phuket Panwa Beach Resort in April 2016. This article is left online as an archive.] I stayed […]
