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Coming to Phuket means, you enter fun county, beaches, fairways, nightclub's, bar's, restaurant's all in the relaxed atmosphere of Phuket. If you come with car, from the airport or with the bus, you will come into the island via highway 402, heading south. A couple of kilometers before the airport are several entrance roads to luxury beach hotels and one up market golf club. At the circle around the Heroines’ Monument (of the two brave ladies who were leading the defense of Phuket against the invading Burmese army a couple of hundred years ago) is a right turn to Laguna Resorts. Laguna is an attractive assembly of upper market hotels and villas, about 20 kilometers away from Phuket City and Patong Beach, its about 30km to the southern tip of Phuket at Cap Panwa. The route to Phuket City (via the bypass road) leads directly to the shopping malls strip on the west outskirts of the town centre. Phuket Family The sun is burning, the Phuket Andaman Sea is bubbling with a sapphire sparkle, the fishes are happy, crabs are running as usual. The corals off Phuket are in good conditions all with great colors, the elephant’s are marching and everyone has a good and excited vibration. The Phuket family is out on a ride.

Famous nightlife and excellent hotels for every size of wallet are available; the girls (and the ones who look like a girl but are not) are also trying to make you happy.

Phuket Yon Bay near Cap Panwa south end of Phuket

The tom yum seafood and other tasty dishes bring your taste buds to life. But not only that, there is also: German food, Austrian gourmet specialties, Italian, French, Spanish, Indian and so on - just name it and everyone is trying to make you happy.
The gated villa communities on Phuket - with villas from 10 million baht upwards – are mushrooming.

Yacht Haven Marina - Wat Chalong - Chalong Bay -  Kings Cup Regatta, Sino Portug. Architecture - Karon Beach - Golf in Phuket - Patong Beach, Tsunami at Phuket - Nightlife - Yon Bay-Cape Panwa - Daytrip around Phuket

People come to Phuket island from a radius of four flight hours for the weekend golf. Many of them have their “golf apartment” at the course; there are many golf courses for every level of experience.

Phuket Chedi Hotel at Surin Beach

The air is still clean in Phuket but the traffic is increasing exponentially and the infrastructure planning in Phuket
could be done somehow more sophisticated. Myriads of chaotic motocyc (Thaiglish for small motor scooter) are all over
Phuket - not giving the others a millimeter of space and leading to unbelievable accidents.

Phuket westcoast panorama from viewpoint over Kata and Karon Beach

Phuket Island - Popular Travel Destination in Thailand

Phuket has grown into one of the premier holiday destinations in South East Asia and is one of the busiest travel destinations of Thailand. It has replaced Bali as the most popular holiday island in the region.

What makes Phuket island such a great travel destination?

Phuket is first of all an inexpensive holiday destination. Phuket hotels, resorts and guesthouses can be found in all price categories and ratings and prices are considerably cheaper then what one would encounter in Europe or America.

Dining in restaurants or buying drinks in bars or clubs on Phuket is also less expensive then what most tourists are used to
paying back in their home countries.

Dining in restaurants select your food in Phuket Patong Beach


Phuket Beaches    Phuket Nightlife

The palm tree lined beaches of Phuket Island are of course world famous due to its white - yellow sand and the emerald
water of the Andaman Sea. Some of the nicest and most popular beaches found on Phuket Island are the beaches at Patong, Kamala, Karon, Kata and Nai Harn.


Phuket Island Nightlife                                                                              Phuket Nightlife Dance Sing Show

The Phuket nightlife is another reason why many tourists visit Phuket each year on holiday. Many tourists seem to keep coming back each year for especially the nightlife and bars of Phuket. Here is nightlife Thailand

Most Phuket island nightlife venues can be found in Patong beach along the well known Soi Bangla. A number of large clubs are located along Bangla road in Patong Beach Phuket including the very popular Tiger disco and the new Seduction Disco.

Bangla road at Patong Beach Phuket

You can also find along Bangla road and the many small streets leading into Soi Bangla hundreds of beer bars. Each beer bar has a number of beautiful Thai ladies working for them who there to please the clients.

Phuket Shopping

Going shopping in Phuket in the past was not one of the most interesting activities for tourists due to the lack of a good variety of shops and products. Most of the shops sold the same tailor made clothing, bootleg movies and software and fake designer clothing.

Over the last few years however, a number of large shopping malls have opened on Phuket housing well known international retailers, unique local boutiques as well as international restaurant outlets such as Outback steakhouse and Burger King.

If you are going to visit Phuket for a holiday then please make sure to visit the brand new Phuket Young Ceylon mall in Patong or the Central Carnival Mall along the Phuket by-pass road.

Read more about Phuket Beach  site or in our travel guide about Phuket..

If you are looking for a great and inexpensive hotel on Phuket then please visit the site of this Phuket hotel.
Author James Bukovsky
 

The History of Phuket

Phuket History- The first records in Phuket history originate in the beginning of the 11th century. As far as historians have been able to trace, the first inhabitants of what is now known as Phuket were the sea gypsy’s and the Negrito's.

Phuket Negritos- The Negritos are considered by historians to be the indigenous inhabitants of South East Asia. The Negritos include tribes from the Malay Peninsula, Andaman tribes, Pilipino tribes and the Semang tribes. The Negritos were small people and were pygmy sized. They are in fact considered to be among the smallest races when looking at population size. Genetic expert consider the DNA of the Negritos to be among the purest of any human race.

Junk Ceylon- Junk Ceylon. was the first name of Phuket in its history. Historians have found the original name of Phuket on the
Portuguese Sino architecture history remains of a wealthy sea merchant

maps of Portuguese sea merchant maps. There was an earlier mention of Junk Ceylon in a book written in the year of 157 AD. The book was written by a well known Greek philosopher. Cladius Ptolemy.

The Greek philosopher mentioned that if one was to travel to the Malaysian peninsula, one would have to pass a cape which he called the Junk Ceylon. The Junk Ceylon was given a location between the latitudes of 6 N and 8 N which would be the position of present day Phuket. It seems that the Junk Ceylon was visited by sea merchant from various countries as the bay of Junk Ceylon offered a superb protection against the forces of nature and gave the merchants an opportunity to rest and restock.

Recent Phuket History Phuket become later known as Thalang after the city which still exists in the northern region of Phuket. The mons in southern Myanmar also also known as Thalangs, there are a couple of interesting connections between Thailand and Myanmar or Burma. An important part of Phuket history was during the 15th century when Phuket obtained the reputation as a leading tin mining producer. Due to the local mining industry, Phuket become somewhat of a trading hub.

Due to the large volume of European merchants and traders that were calling port in Thalang, the Thai King during that period decided that Phuket should be administered by a European. Between the period of 1681 and 1685, Thalang was administered by a French missionary named Renee Charbonneau.

Burmese Invasion- Another important event in Phuket history was in 1785 when enemy troops from neighboring Burma attempted to invade and rule Phuket. Two Phuket ladies decided to stand up and defend the Island in the name of the King of Thailand. The former governor’s widow, Chan, and her loyal sister Muk organized a defense which lasted nearly a month.

The Burmese troops were left with no supplies after they had been unable to get past the defense for over a month. The aggressors had no other option but to withdraw as their supplies had run. The king of Thailand heard of the heroic actions of the two sisters and bestowed upon them the noble titles of Thao Thep Krasattri and Thao Si Sunthon. Even in present day Phuket, the two sisters have not been forgotten and are in fact still honored and respected. In 1966 the two sisters were honored by their very own statue which stands at the Tha Ruea Intersection.

Read the remaining article on Phuket history in the Phuket guide: http://www.all-phuket.com/phuket_history.htmlAuthor James Bukovsky welcomes you to read more about Phuket in the Phuket Travel Guide