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| Islands and Beaches Information of Thailand |
| Thailand is the one where has the most beautiful island in the world. Each year many travellers and backpackers around the world have been visited, they are happy and love this country so much. This web site provided you information and travel guide about islands and beaches of Thailand. |
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| Where To Find Great Resort In Pattaya City |
| 2008-08-16 09:35:15 |
Where To Find Great Resort In Pattaya CityBy [KengIsm] Have you wonder what makes Pattaya city so popular among tourists. You might not have an idea if you never been there, but for some people who have visited this city for quite few times may be able to give very correct answer. What different between hotel and resort accommodation?In fact in terms of the meaning and usage they are not much different, that is, they refers to the accommodation for tourist for travelers but resort may have additional characteristics of having beautiful garden or open-air public are available for guests to be able to enjoy with natural environment.But for normal hotel accommodation, this could means the building of the hotel in the city area ...
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| The Secret To Choosing A Nice Hotel In Phuket |
| 2008-08-07 09:06:59 |
Below, you'll find extensive information on leading the secret to choosing a nice hotel in phuket articles and products to help you on your way to success. The Secret To Choosing A Nice Hotel In Phuket By Tuk-Tuk.net, Thu Dec 8th Phuket is Thailand's biggest island. The water itself may not beas breathtaking as Phi Phi or Similan island, but it's still beautiful. My suggestion is you stay at Phuket and then take a boat to Phi Phi, Similan or other smaller nearby islands for a snorkeling or diving trip. Phuket Thailand becomes lively during the night -- with all the pubs, bars and restaurants opening until midnight or later. You can choose to stay at your Phuket hotel and have romantic dinne...
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| Where To Find Great Resort and Hotel In Pattaya |
| 2008-07-25 09:00:55 |
Below, you'll find extensive information on leading Where To Find Great Resort and Hotel In Pattaya articles and products to help you on your way to success.Where To Find Great Resort In Pattaya City By [KengIsm] Have you wonder what makes Pattaya city so popular among tourists. You might not have an idea if you never been there, but for some people who have visited this city for quite few times may be able to give very correct answer. What different between hotel and resort accommodation?In fact in terms of the meaning and usage they are not much different, that is, they refers to the accommodation for tourist for travelers but resort may have additional characteristics of having beautiful garden or open-air public are ava...
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| Pattaya Resort |
| 2008-07-17 08:04:20 |
Below, you'll find extensive information on leading Pattaya resort articles and products to help you on your way to success.Pattaya Resort: One Of The World’s Best Resorts Are you planning your next holidays? Pattaya is one of the most loved places by the tourists. So, if you too are planning to have great holidays try Thailand’s best beach resorts. Pattaya is Thailand’s capital and is famous for the resorts. A highly popular location amongst the tourists, it is a lively place, which is situated at the east coast of the gulf of Thailand.Pattaya resort is considered one of the world’s best beach resorts and it is just 150 kilometers from Bangkok. The popularity of the resort can be evaluated by the numbers of visitors – fresh and repeat- who visit...
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| Dining Downunder Chefs Pack for Phuket |
| 2008-07-16 09:28:41 |
Below, you'll find extensive information on leading dining downunder chefs pack for Phuket articles and products to help you on your way to success. Dining Downunder™ Chefs Pack For Phuket Thai-ing the threads of world cuisines into food with an Aussie flavour.The Australian week long event will take place in both the Teahouse and Marketplace restaurants, offering both a la carte and buffet styled menus. Resort guests will experience the flavour bliss of dishes prepared with glacé riberries, wattleseed, Oz lemon, wild limes, paperbark and over several dozen other Australian native ingredients. Highlights from the menu include Paperbark smoked baby snapper with Daintree pineapple and riberry salsa,Salad of wok-tossed Wil...
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| Snorkleing Point at Similan |
| 2008-07-14 09:25:23 |
Snorkleing Point at SimilanWithin the 9 major islands of the national park provides snorkeling points as follows:Ao Kuak, often known as Hin Rua Bai, it's good for night snorkeling to see the hard corals where the "Khi Tang Ped" fish have been discovered in big school.Ao Kwang Aen, is boasted of the best place for hard corals view of Similan National Park, offering the very interesting strong coral that can not find elsewhere Pang Lang Khud Nom coral. Moreover, many kinds of sea turtles can also be found in this area.Hin Dok Mai, the only area of Similan that a diver can see coral reefs of deep sea just by skin diving at low tides.Behind Koh Meang, it's the nearest diving point to the office of the national park. Visitors can take a short distance walk to a small beach where it is a closed...
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| Scuba Diving Point at Similan (north to south) |
| 2008-07-14 09:19:45 |
Skuba diving points at Similan (north to south)Underwater rocks out of Koh Tachai, located to the west from Koh Tachai, they look like a stone peak drowned in the sea and surrounded by schools of fish such as Barracudas and "Hu Chang" fish. Moreover, it's said that plenty of rays and whale sharks are found in the area as well.Koh Bon is a tiny island located to the north of Similan Island. The diving point is located around the undersea rocks at the end of west cape. White-finned sharks and frog-sharks have often been found there.Christmas Point, situated in the northwest of Koh Ba Ngu, where the blue-ribbon eels, golden mud fish, mantis prawns and grasshoppers including huge fish such as gray sharks, white-fin sharks as well as sting rays are often seen.F...
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| Show in Pattaya |
| 2008-07-11 08:38:56 |
Below, you'll find extensive information on leading show in pattaya articles and products to help you on your way to success.Shows In Pattaya: Main Attraction For The Tourists Are you planning to visit Pattaya in near future? Do you have the details of the city? What are its main attraction and how you can get the most from your holidays at Pattaya? If you do not have all this knowledge then you might miss out something important at Pattaya. The city has an abundance of activities and tourist attractions and shows in Pattaya are one of them.The city has a number of things that attract the tourists to repeat their visits. These include sports activities, nightclubs, cabaret dances, different food cuisines, multiple choices for accommodation, and the sandy beaches. Along with these activitie...
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| Night Life of Pattaya |
| 2008-07-09 08:34:31 |
Below, you'll find extensive information on leading night life of pattaya articles and products to help you on your way to success.Unseen Picture Of Night Life Of Pattaya By [KengIsm] Although most of travel destinations in Thailand are about natural resources such as beaches, mountains, caves, historical sites etc. but for many of us who have visited Thailand for several times realised that there are more and more interesting things to see in this interesting country.That is city life or night life. One of the most entertaining activities for both Thais and foreigners. When we talk about night life in Thailand, we usually think about Bangkok, Chiangmai and Phuket, which are major cities and these cities already gain global reputation. However, let’s...
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| The Buauty of Pattaya |
| 2008-06-30 10:08:51 |
The Buauty of Pattaya is an enchanting destination, located along a pictorial bay on the East Coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 150 km southeast of Bangkok, in Chon Buri province. Once a typical fishing village, Pattaya underwent a great revival when a troop of American Military, consisting of about 100 servicemen, who joined the Vietnam War came here for relaxation on 29 April 1961.Soon, Pattaya became a premier vacation spot of Thailand. The destination has now evolved into a favorite holiday beach resort of Southeast Asia, and boasts of everything that is required for a luxurious vacation, such as, more than 400 assorted hotels and resorts, city-like dining options, excellent shopping facilities, and intoxicating nightlife. Additionally, this incredible beach resort is only second to...
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| Holiday in Pattaya |
| 2008-06-30 09:57:51 |
One of the largest cities of tourism in the world, Pattaya is situated in the southeastern part of Bangkok - the capital city of Thailand. Pattaya has lot to offer tourists. It is filled with lot of wonderful attractions and this made the city a popular tourist attraction.Pattaya was a small unknown fishing village in Thailand till the end of 1960s. By the end of 1960s, some Bangkok residents came here to spend their vacation and made it a local tourist spot. It was used as an official rest and recreation center For the US forces during the Vietnam War. The city's growth to vibrant tourist center was very fast and now-a-days it is considered as Thailand's largest resort.Pattaya, the beach resort with city status, holds a lot of attraction for every one. Unlike other resorts around the worl...
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| ACTIVITIES AT PATTAYA |
| 2008-06-29 03:00:29 |
Pattaya Is An Excellent Destination To Enjoy A Number Of ActivitiesBy Wolfgang JaegelPattaya is an enchanting tourist spot, situated in Chonburi Province, along a spectacular bay on the eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 150 km east of Bangkok, in Thailand. Once a sleepy fishing village, Pattaya has now been transformed into one of the premier beach resorts as well as a sought after vacation spots in South East Asia.However, Pattaya holds the distinction of not only being a picturesque beach destination but also enjoys a status of a full fledged city. Occupying an area of about 209 square kilometers, Pattaya City possesses a status akin to that of a municipality, and is administered by a special autonomous system.The prime draw of Pattaya is undoubtedly its long curving sandy bea...
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| SNORKELING AT SIMILAN ISLAND |
| 2008-06-29 02:59:41 |
Snorkeling Point at Similan IslandWithin the 9 major islands of the national park provides snorkeling points as follows:1. Ao Kuak, often known as Hin Rua Bai, it's good for night snorkeling to see the hard corals where the "Khi Tang Ped" fish have been discovered in big school.2. Ao Kwang Aen, is boasted of the best place for hard corals view of Similan National Park, offering the very interesting strong coral that can not find elsewhere Pang Lang Khud Nom coral. Moreover, many kinds of sea turtles can also be found in this area.3. Hin Dok Mai, the only area of Similan Island that a diver can see coral reefs of deep sea just by skin diving at low tides.4. Behind Koh Meang, it's the nearest diving point to the office of the national park. Visitors can take...
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| DIVING AT SIMILAN ISLAND |
| 2008-06-29 02:58:55 |
Scuba diving points at Similan Island (north to south)1.Underwater rocks out of Koh Tachai, located to the west from Koh Tachai, they look like a stone peak drowned in the sea and surrounded by schools of fish such as Barracudas and "Hu Chang" fish. Moreover, it's said that plenty of rays and whale sharks are found in the area as well.2. Koh Bon is a tiny island located to the north of Similan Island. The diving point is located around the undersea rocks at the end of west cape. White-finned sharks and frog-sharks have often been found there.3. Christmas Point, situated in the northwest of Koh Ba Ngu, where the blue-ribbon eels, golden mud fish, mantis prawns and grasshoppers including huge fish such as gray sharks, white-...
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| PHUKET THAILAND |
| 2008-06-19 01:13:34 |
Phuket is Thailand's biggest island. The water itself may not beas breathtaking as Phi Phi or Similan island, but it's stillbeautiful. My suggestion is you stay at Phuket and then take aboat to Phi Phi, Similan or other smaller nearby islands for asnorkeling or diving trip.Phuket Thailand becomes lively during the night -- with all thepubs, bars and restaurants opening until midnight or later. Youcan choose to stay at your hotel and have romantic dinner there. Or you can choose to take a stroll at Phuket's popular Patong beach for some night scene. Phuket has dozens of beaches.Each has tens, if not hundreds, of hotels. If you don't like acrowded beach with hundreds of restaurants and bars, stay awayfrom Patong beach.Look...
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| PHUKET COMMENT |
| 2008-06-17 11:21:00 |
Some people might look for complete solitude during a tropicalisland vacation to get away from it all, but no matter howblissful beach holidays can be, some long for great night lifeas well.For those of you who wish to go to an island where there arealso some exciting night life activities, check out this list of5 of the world's top tropical destinations where you cansunbathe by day and party by night.Ibiza, SpainThis is the Place to go for the best night life and partyscenes. From its bars, to its clubs, to its fun-loving people,Ibiza has long been the world's best destination for parties andmore parties.So what do you do in Ibiza? First, remember that there's alwayssomething new going on. So know first what's hot for the day orthe week you're visiting and make sure you make the best of a...
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| PATTAYA THAILAND |
| 2008-06-15 10:35:22 |
Below, you'll find extensive information on leading pattaya thailand articles and products to help you on your way to success.Condo Boom In Pattaya - An Excellent Long Term InvestmentBy Wantanee KhamkongkaewThailand is one of the most popular destinations to live in. It is even better when you prefer to live in Pattaya, an incredible island destination, situated in the northern Gulf Coast of Thailand. The city of Pattaya is dotted with an amazing range of attractions covering superb beaches, picturesque landscapes, interesting museums and art galleries, beautiful parks and gardens, sumptuous as well as authentic seafood cuisines, and exciting nightlife.The cost of living in Pattaya is exceptionally cheap when compared to other popular cities of the count...
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| PATTAYA HOTEL |
| 2008-06-15 10:31:49 |
Below, you'll find extensive information on leading pattaya hotel articles and products to help you on your way to success.Pattaya - A Premier Vacation Spot In South-east AsiaBy Wolfgang JaegelPattaya is one of the most enchanting beach resorts in the world, located along a spectacular bay on the Gulf of Thailand's east coast, about 150 kilometers south-east of Bangkok, in Thailand. A fishing village turned South-East Asia's most favorite vacation spot - Pattaya is much popular among the westerners including Americans and Europeans and is regarded as a great alternative over taking a tour to swarming Spanish destination or a pricey Caribbean destination.In fact, Pattaya has everything to spend an enjoyable vacation, from awe-inspiring natural beauty, warm c...
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| PATTAYA - 3 |
| 2008-06-15 10:31:19 |
Below, you'll find extensive information on leading pattaya articles and products to help you on your way to success.Villa Rentals In Pattaya - A Unique Experience With Top End ComfortsBy Wolfgang JaegelPattaya is perhaps the most popular tourist spot of international standards in Thailand, after Phuket. Sometimes acknowledged as the fun capital of the country - Pattaya is an island destination situated in Chonburi Province, in the Gulf of Thailand. Pattaya is especially noted for its stunning scenery comprising incredible sea shores, gorgeous waterfalls, lush tropical areas, and stupendous bays. Highlights in Pattaya also cover everything from beautiful temples and interesting museums to fabulous villages and farms.Few among them are the Bottle Art Museum, with an amazing selection of art...
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| PATTAYA - 2 |
| 2008-06-15 10:30:57 |
Below, you'll find extensive information on leading pattaya articles and products to help you on your way to success.Pattaya Show Off Implausible Alternatives Of AccommodationBy Wolfgang JaegelPattaya is an incredible destination in Thailand, located on the eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand in Chonburi region, about 147 kilometers southeast of Bangkok. Occupying an area of about 208 square kilometers, Pattaya is much favored tourist spot among the westerners including Americans and Europeans. Hence, Pattaya is visited by people from all around the globe, as the place has got its own magnificence and hence sure to enchant you with nonstop activities. With awe-inspiring natural beauty, warm climate throughout the year and beautiful beaches, ancient shrines, world-famous hospitality, and ...
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| THONG SALA - 3 |
| 2008-06-14 08:55:46 |
On a quiet hillside above Ban Tai, 4km from Thong Sala, Wat Khao Tham holds ten-day meditation retreats most months of the year; the American and Australian teachers emphasize compassion and loving kindness as the basis of mental development. Only forty people can attend each retreat, so it’s best to pre-register; for further information, write to Wat Khao Tham, PO Box 18, Pha Ngan Island, Surat Thani 84280, where the schedule of retreats is posted. If you need to stay around Thong Sala, walk 800m north out of town to Siriphun. The owner is helpful, the food very good and the bungalows are clean and well positioned along the beach; all have showers and mosquito screens on the windows, and an extra wad of baht buys air-con and one of the island’s few ...
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| THONG SALA - 2 |
| 2008-06-12 10:20:59 |
In the vicinity of Thong Sala, an easy excursion can be made to the grandiosely termed Than Sadet-Pha Ngan Island National Park, which contains Pang waterfall, Pha Ngan’s biggest drop, and a stunning viewpoint overlooking the south and west of the island. The park lies 4km northeast of Thong Sala off the road to Chaloaklam – if you don’t have a bike, take a Chaloaklam bound songthaew as far as Ban Madeuawaan, and then it’s a one-kilometer signposted walk east. A roughly circular trail has been laid out through the park, as mapped out by the signboard in the car park. The main fall – bouncing down in stages over the hard, grey stone – is a steep 250m walk up a forest path. The trail then continues for over 1km upriver beyond the falls, before ski...
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| THONG SALA - 1 |
| 2008-06-12 10:20:36 |
THONG SALA is a port of entrance and little more, where the incoming ferries are met by touts sent to escort travelers to bungalows elsewhere on the Pha Ngan Island. In front of the pier, transportation to the rest of the island (songthaews, jeeps and motorbike taxis) congregates by a dusty row of banks, travelers’ restaurants, supermarkets, scuba-diving outfits and motor bike and jeep rental places. If you go straight ahead from the pier, you can turn right onto the town’s high street, a leafy mix of shops and houses that’s ghostly and windswept at night. A short way down here you’ll find laundries and, set back on the west side of the street, the multitalented Phangan Batik, which, besides selling batiks, rents out good-quality nountain bikes and...
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| THE EAST COAST OF PHUKET ISLAND |
| 2008-05-31 10:25:09 |
Tin mines and docks take up a lot of Phuket’s east coast, which is thus neither scenic nor swim able. East of Rawai, the sizeable offshore island of Lone Island pretects the broad sweep of Ao Chalong, where many a Chinese fortune was made from the huge quantities of tin mined in the bay. Ao Chalong tapers off eastwards into Laem Panwa, at the tip of which you’ll find the Phuket Aquarium, 10km south of Phuket town and accessible by frequent songthaews. Run by the island’s Marine Research Center, it makes a poor substitute for a day’s snorkeling, but not a bad primer for what you might see on a reef. The research center is also involved in the protection of marine turtles; there’s ...
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| THACHATCHAI NATURE TRAIL |
| 2008-05-31 10:21:43 |
41km north of the Thalang intersection, just 700m south of the Sarasin Bridge exit to the mainland, a sigh east off Highway 402 brings you to the Thachatchai Nature Trail, part of the Sirinath National Park which covers the west-coast beaches of Hat Mai Khao and Hat Nai Yang. Although probably not worth a special trip, the trail does combine nicely with a visit to Hat Mai Khao or Hat Nai Yang – and it’s free. Any bus running between Phuket town and the mainland will drop you at the sign(it’s across the road from the old headquarters of the Sirinath National Park, now moved to Hat Nai Yang), ......
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| HAT RAWAI AND ITS ISLAND |
| 2008-05-31 10:17:01 |
The eastern side of Laem Promthep curves round into HAT RAWAI, Phuket’s southernmost beach and the first to be exploited for tourist purposes. Twenty-five years on, the developers have moved to the softer sands of Kata and Karon and returned Rawai to its former inhabitants, A few bungalows still open here, but most visitors come either to eat seafood in one of the open-air seafood restaurants on the beachfront, or hire a long-tail out to the islands offshore. Of these, Khai Nok Island, Hai (aka Coral Island), Racha Yai Island and Racha Noi Island are good for snorkeling and diving – the visibility and variety of the reefs around Racha Island in particular compare with those off Similan Island further up the Andaman coast, and make a popular destination...
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| HAT NAI HARN AND LAEM PROMTHEP |
| 2008-05-31 10:11:54 |
Around the next headland south from Kata Noi, HAT NAI HARN -18km Southwest of Phuket town – is generally considered to be one of the loveliest beaches on the Phuket island, given character by a sparkling saltwater lagoon and dominated by the luxurious hotel, the Phuket Yacht Club. Follow the coastal road 2km south and you’ll get to a small bay which has coral reefs very close to the shore, though the currents are strong and the sewage pipes uncomfortably close. A further 1km on, you reaches the southernmost tip of the Phuket at the sheer headland of Laem Promthep. Wild and rugged, jutting out into the deep blue of the Andaman Sea, the cape is one of the island’s top beauty sports: at sunset, busloads of tour groups get shipped in to admire the scenery – and just to ensure you do...
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| HAT MAI KHAO BEACH |
| 2008-05-31 10:02:35 |
Phuket’s northwest coast with the longest and least-visited beach, the 12km Hat Mai Khao Beach, which starts a couple of kilometers north of the airport and 34km north west of Phuket town, and remains almost completely unsullied by any tourist enticements, with to date just a couple of discreet budget accommodations hidden behind a sand bank at the back of the shore. Together with Hat Nai Yang immediately to the south, Hat Mai Khao constitutes Sirinath National Park, chiefly because giant marine turtles come ashore here between October and February to lay their eggs. Mai Khao Beach is also a prime habitat of a much-revered but non-protected species – the sea grasshopper or sea louse, a tiny crustacean that’s considered a great delicacy. While you’re...
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| PHUKET TOWN |
| 2008-05-31 10:01:59 |
Thought it has plentiful hotels and restaurants, Phuket Town stands distinct from the tailor-made tourist settlements along the beaches as a place geared primarily towards its residents. Most visitors hang about just long enough to jump on a beach-bound songthaew (local minibus), but you may find yourself returning for a welcome dose of real life; Phuket town has an enjoyably authentic market and some of the best handicraft shops on the island. If you’re on a tight budget, the town is worth considering as a base, as accommodation and food come a little less expensive, and you can get out to all the beaches with relative ease. Bear in mind, though, that the town offers little in the way of nightlife, and as public transport...
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| AO BANG TAO |
| 2008-05-31 10:01:42 |
The 8km long of AO BANG TAO is effectively the private beach of the up-market Laguna Resort, an “integrated resort” comprising five luxury hotels set in extensive landscaped grounds around a series of lagoons. There’s fee transport between the hotels, and for a small fee all Laguna guests can use facilities at any one of the five hotels which include 15 swimming pools, 30 restaurants, several children’s clubs, a couple of spas and countless sporting facilities ranging from tennis courts to riding stables, windsurfers, and hobie-cats to badminton courts. There’s also the 18 holes Banyan Tree golf course, the quest Laguna outdoor sports center and a kid’s activity center called Camp Laguna, with activities for 8-18 years olds ranging from abseiling and rock climbing to team games...
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| AO PATONG |
| 2008-05-31 10:01:25 |
The most popular and developed of all Phuket’s beaches, AO PATONG 5km south of Ao Kamala and 15km west of Phuket town, 3km long good sand and plenty of shaded by casuarinas and parasols beach. There’re the densest concentration of top hotels, restaurants and bars including the island’s biggest choice of water-sports and diving centers. On the downside, a congestion of high-rise hotels, tour agents and souvenir shops disfigures the beachfront, and limpet-like touts are everywhere. Entertainment plazas are mushrooming all over Patong beach, each one packed with hostess bars and strip joints that make this the most active scene between Bangkok and Hat Yai. Before long, this might be a second Pattaya. Patong beach just keeps on growing outwards and upwards, which can make it hard to o...
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| AO SURIN (AO PANSEA) |
| 2008-05-31 10:01:01 |
The bay south of Ao Bang Tao, beyond Laem Son cape, favorite haunt of royalty and Hollywood stars is AO SURIN (sometime known as AO PANSEA). Nearly always a peaceful spot, it boasts Phuket’s most indulgent resort, the Amanpuri, part of the super exclusive, Hong Kong-based Aman chain, where luxuries include a personal attendant, a private Thai-style pavilion and unlimited use of the black marble swimming pool. Also here are the delightful traditional-style thatched villas at The Chedi, whose published prices start at a slightly more reasonable.......
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| HAT KAMALA AND LAEM SINGH |
| 2008-05-31 10:00:39 |
Sandwiched between the beach and the inland Muslim village of Ban Kamala, small of HAT KAMALA, about 200m west of the main Patong-Surin road and 26km northwest of Phuket town. Hat Kamala has an almost Mediterranean ambience and is one of the most appealingly low-key resorts on Phuket, with cheerfully painted houses, no high-rises or big hotels. Aside from the accommodation which is clustered either side of Thanon Rim Had has several restaurants and bars, transport rental, internet access center, mini-market, health center, post office and tourist operator. The Phuket Fantasea entertainments complex is about 1km northeast of Hat Kamala on the main Patong-Surin road. A few hundred meters north of the cemetery, a couple of steep paths lead west off the main road and down to LAEM SINGH cape, a...
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| HAT NAI THON |
| 2008-05-31 10:00:08 |
Go to south of Hat Nai Yang down is the next bay is HAT NAI THON, small, one of the least commercialized beaches on the Phuket Island. The 500m long gold-sand bay is shaded by casuarinas and surrounded by plantations of coconut, banana, pineapple and rubber trees. There are not too many places to stay at the beach, a few jeeps for hire and a restaurant attach to each hotel. But there’s good snorkeling at reefs that are easily reached by long-tail boat.......
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| HAT NAI YANG |
| 2008-05-31 09:59:46 |
The long curved sweep of HAT NAI YANG, despite also being part of the Sirinath National Park, 5km south of Hat Mai Khao and 30km north of Phuket town, has become fairly developed, albeit in a relatively low-key way, with around thirty open-air restaurant and small bars set up along the beachfront road and the track that run off it, tour agency, transport rental, mini-markets and internet center. The beach is a pleasant place to while away a few hours, ideally around lunch or dinner time when you can browse the restaurant menus at leisure – barbecued seafood and wood fired pizzas are the local specialties. The very popular Sunday pastime with local Thai families is eating out here in the shade of the trees that run along the bay. The beach is fairly clean a...
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| NIGHTLIFE AND ENTERTAINMENT ON PATONG BEACH |
| 2008-05-31 09:59:26 |
There are too much of Patong’s nightlife is packed into the strip of open-air bar-beers along Soi Bangla and the tiny sois that lead off it. The gay entertainment district is mainly concentrated around the network of small sois and dozens of bar beers in front of Paradise Hotel on Thanon Raja Uthit. If you’re looking for something else with your kids in the evening, the recommended place is House of Horror theme park on Thanon Prachanukho at the southern edge of Patong beach (daily 5pm-2am), where an old hospital has been converted into sixteen horror chambers, each inspired by a different horror movie and populated by role-playing actors to get you spooked. Alternatively, sur...
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| AO KARON |
| 2008-05-31 09:58:55 |
20km southwest of Pheket town, AO KARON is only about 5km south from Patong beach, but a lot less congested. With the help of a healthy scattering of café-bars, restaurants and relatively inexpensive guest houses, Ao Karon generally tempts the younger couples and mid-budget backpackers away from its increasingly manic neighbor. Although the central stretch of beach front is dominated by large-capacity hotels, the beach itself is completely free of developments, and elsewhere you’ll find mainly low-rise guest houses and bungalows, some of them set around gardens, interspersed with stretches of undeveloped grassland. While long and sandy, the beach offers very little in the way of shade; south of the Phuket Arcadia it feels quite exposed because of the road that runs right alongside it...
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| AO KATA YAI AND AO KATA NOI |
| 2008-05-31 09:58:37 |
Peaceful AO KATA YAI is a few minutes drive around the headland from Karon (17km from Phuket town), but both prettier and safer for swimming thanks to the protective rocky promontories at either end. The northern stretch of Kata Yai is completely given over to the unobtrusive buildings, and then it’s a lengthy trek down to the rest of the accommodation at the southern end, where you will find the restaurants, bars, mini-markets, tour operators and transport rental outlets. A headland at the southernmost point divides Ao Kata Yai from the much smaller AO KATA NOI, which is an attractive little gold sand bay, very popular and so quite crowded with parasols and deckchairs. Kata Noi has its own small cluster of businesses including a mini-market, several restaurants and bars, transport renta...
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| AROUND PHUKET ISLAND |
| 2008-05-30 04:39:14 |
This account of the island starts at the top of Phuket’s most appealing coast and follows an anti-clockwise route around the perimeter, through the chief tourist centers. The west coast boasts a series of long sandy beaches punctuated by shear rocky headlands, unprotected form the monsoons and consequently quite rough and windswept from May to October. Shadowed by the mainland, the east coast is much more sheltered and thus makes a convenient docking point for ships, but is hopeless for swimming and sunbathing.List of Beaches around Phuket IslandPhuket TownHat Mai Khao BeachHat Nai Yang BeachHat Nai Thon BeachAo Bang TaoHat Surin Beach (Ao Pansea)Hat Kamala and Laem Singh BeachAo PatongAo KaronAo Kata Yai and Ao Kata Noi...
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