The Phuket Photo Walk 2010

Last Saturday (24th July 2010) was the date for the 3rd annual Worldwide Photo Walk, an event which aims to get photographers out snapping pictures of their home towns, all on the same day. According to the website, this year there were over 1,000 walks and a total of over 33,000 registered walkers. I took part in the 2009 walk in Phuket, and signed up for 2010. Last year I had been worried that everyone on the walk would be a super pro with 5,000...

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Site Map for Jamie's Phuket Blog

Since Jamie's Phuket started in April 2006, there have been about 500 blog pages published, and I admit that the navigation can be a bit tricky sometimes - there are lots of links on the left of the page to take you to various sections of the site and to popular pages, and I created main subject pages for hotels, things to do, temples, festivals etc.. but there are too many pages to keep track of now, and there are some useful pages that are kind of buried and hard to find... so this Site Map is an attempt to simplify navigation. This page will...

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A walk at Ton Sai Waterfall

A rather cloudy Saturday, looks like some rain might fall. What do do? How to entertain the kids? Last weekend was like this. Certainly not a day for the beach; my wife suggested we just stay home and do the garden, but I normally take just one day off per week, and gardening is a waste of a day. We all woke up fairly early for some reason, and with the weather being undecided, we decided to play it by ear. First stop: Noodles... We drove a couple...

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Phuket Butterfly Release

On Saturday (10th July) I went along to the 4th annual Phuket butterfly release - I had not been to (or even heard about) the previous 3! Yes, this is another very local event which is not promoted to tourists, something that only those "in the know" will know of. Might change a bit next year. During the event which is organised by the Phuket Butterfly Garden, I talked to the director Mr Jaipet Hatthakham - he'd like to make the event bigger.. well,...

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2010 Phuket Vegetarian Festival - Full Schedule

Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2010. Reports and photos on this blog: • Photos at Kathu Shrine 15th October 2010• Bang Neow Shrine Street Procession 13th October • Vegetarian Festival Part 1 (photos from 7th, 10th, 11th Octber) • The Phuket Vegetarian Festival - Intro Page (Updated 2012), the 2012 festival will start October 14th - the date is based on the Chinese lunar calendar so is different every year. Schedule:• Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2012 Schedule...

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The Second Kathu Village Culture Festival

Last weekend from the 25th - 27th June our local village had it's second cultural street festival (first one was last August - see here). Using the word "village" in Phuket may sound odd, but there are many small communities in Phuket and remember that Phuket was not always so built up - go back only 20 years and things were much quieter. The villages like Kathu retain a very local way of life with modern attributes like internet, new cars and 4...

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