Wat Phra Nang Sang

Wat Phra Nang Sang is the oldest temple in Phuket, dating back maybe as much as 500 years. If I read what I can find on the internet, it seems the exact age is unsure and for sure the temple has been renovated and rebuilt over that time. It might be accurate to say a temple has been on the site for 500 years. One story says a powerful southern Thai ruler had the temple built for his wife. Another story says that the temple was built in honour of...

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Military Coup in Bangkok? All Quiet in Phuket.

Well, I have just come to the office and can see nothing abnormal here in Phuket. No military, no increased police presence, no worried faces. Thailand is very relaxed. Hard to work out last night what was going on. All the Thai TV channels went off the air and started playing music and showing pictures of the King. We got pictures from the BBC News (www.bbcworld.com or www.bbc.co.uk) showing soliders and military vehicles in the streets of Bangkok,...

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Restaurant Tips: Chen Long (All you can eat buffet)

Update 2013 - Sorry, this place no longer exists.We just went a couple of days ago to this new all-you-can-eat buffet place located on Wichitsongkram road, just before Central, on the corner of the road to Big C. The place is called "Chen Long Kung Kata". My wife tells me Chen Long is Jackie Chan's name in Thai (well, Chinese I guess). Recommend getting there early! It's only open from 5 - 11pm, and by the time we got there at 5:30 it was busy. When...

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Up Buddha Mountain Again

If you want a great view, a bit of off road driving, a temple, some fresh air and more, take a drive up Buddha Mountain. The access road is close to Chalong circle on the road to Wat Chalong. Its about 5km drive, at least half of which is on a dirt road that can be kind of rutted in the wet season (now). But we made it up in our Toyota Corona (albeit wishing we had a Toyota Fortuner). We have been up before (and I have blogged it before - see here),...

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Phromthep Cape (Laem Phromthep)

This post is from 2006 - there are updated posts about Phromthep Cape on the blog:• Sunset at Cape Phromthep• Hiking to the end of Phuket at Cape PhromthepAt the extreme southwestern corner of Phuket is Phromthep Cape, just to the south of Naiharn beach and just to the west of Rawai beach. This corner of the island has long been a favourite area of ours - it is slowly getting developed and there are quite a lot of foreign residents around, but its...

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