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 lists. This article attempts to rank the sizes, and in the […]
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 (or, it’s fine I suppose)
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 […]
Phuket Travel Notes
Travel Notes > Thailand > Phuket Travel Notes When people say they don’t like Phuket they usually mean they don’t like Patong Beach and all the night clubs and girlie bars that goes with it. That is just one rowdy beach town on an island that is 48 km long (and the largest in Thailand). […]
The Old Town of Phuket City – Thailand
On the second stop of my seven destination tour of Asia I visited Phuket in Thailand. While Phuket is best known for beaches there is an interesting old town area in the provincial capital city, Phuket Town. I was there a few years ago so I went and had another look to see what has […]
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 […]
On On Hotel, Phuket Town – Thailand
[On On Hotel, Phuket Town – Thailand] Phuket Town is a good alternative for accommodation away from the touristy beaches of Phuket, such as Patong Beach. The town has a good stock of Sino-Portuguese houses and no tacky tourist shops (or girly bars). On On Hotel is famous for being a filming spot in the […]
