General Tips PHUKET
by STRATOS79
POPULATION------------ABOUT 280000
GOVERMENT-------------CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
HEAD OF STATE --------KING BHUMIDOL
CLIMATE----------------- TROPICAL
CURRENCY--------------BAHT
TIME---------------------GMT +7 HOURS
ELECTRIC---------------220 VOLTS
POLICE------------------191
FIRE----------------------199
TOURIST POLICE--------1699
LOCAL DIRECTORY ASSISTANE---100
VEGETERIAN FESTIVAL
by STRATOS79
Vegeterian festival is celebrated in phuket every september
or october depenting on the chinese calander.The locals that
attend this festival abstain from meat-sex-alcohol where
white clothes and pierce they're body with sharp objects
(this festival last about 6-7 days)
SECRET BEACHES
by STRATOS79
If you are in phuket you can try something different than going to the classic beaches everyday, from patong beach you can ask how to go to Freedom beach when you will agree with the price a longtail boat will carry you there(about 5-10 min) same if you are to Rawai beach. When you agree tell him what time to pick you up and when you arrive back pay him for me just the ride with the longtail boat worth the money
Jungceylon
by genie47
Jungceylon (pronounced as jung-see-lon) is a new shopping mall that just opened in Jan 2007. It is smack right at the Patong Beach area. Actually on Rat-U-Thit Songroi Pi Road where Bangla Road joins it to Tawiwong Road.
There is a fountain show there if you dig that sort of thing to while your time away.
There are a lot of sports goods shops there selling mainly bikinis and swimwear. At the basement is the Thai traditional arts shops that also offer masage services. I didn't buy anything there. As I have mentioned in the earlier report, if shopping is your thing and you are passing by Bangkok, Bangkok has much more to offer.
colorful show
by Donna-Lee about Simon cabaret
Because it was my first time in Phuket I had to see this cabaret, there was alot of beautiful costumes the lighting was colorful, couple of comic routines, it was enjoyable but I wouldnt go a second time. Because it is an evening show its nice to dress in your 'nice clothes', its a change from the shorts and tops better suited for humid days.