Dream Vacation in Phuket, Thailand

Phuket is the largest island in The Land Of Smiles also known as Thailand, and also is popular island for the beaches and warm water where the tropical sun give you a tan all year round. There are several million people visited this tropical holiday paradise every year, 820 km south of Bangkok.

What attract everyone is Thai people’s warm smile and hospitality. Everywhere you go their smiles will light up your day. It's not without reason Thailand is The Land Of Smiles. Flying down to Phuket from Bangkok take just over one hour and shortly before landing will you see many small green limestone islands rising up from the sea underneath you, a beautiful sight so different from Bangkok's concrete jungle.

Then Phuket reveal itself, the pearl of the Andaman Sea with lush green hills and hundred spectacular limestone rock formations of Phang Nga Bay as far you can see. You have now arrived in paradise. There are many luxurious hotel on the white sandy beaches along the west coast where most people prefer to have their dream vacation.

If traveling on a budget, cheap rooms can be found without problem in Patong. 10-15 minutes walk from the beach. You can pay 150 baht a night for a room with air-con and hot water, minus electricity in Patong. Since the sun in Phuket is very strong, every beach have chair with umbrella for rent. But it don't stop tourists from getting burned, as the many red body's are a living proof of. It's easy to be fooled by the sea breeze or cloudy weather into thinking you will not be burned.

When the sun has gone down it's time to try out the world famous chili hot Thai food and as being on an island seafood is abundant from small and cheap street stalls to expensive restaurants with live music. Be careful with the chili or else your throat will burn like it never has before.

Shop till you drop a popular evening activity in Patong Town, the tourist capital of Phuket. Arrive with empty bags, return with a bad back after carried overloaded bags to the airport, filled with cheap cloths bought at the night market or the newly opened Jungceylon shopping complex in the heart of Patong. If Patong don't have what you are looking for, you can be sure to find it at the world class Central Festival shopping center. Central Festival is located in the area of Big C and Lotus outside of Phuket City.

A must for everyone is the trip to Phi Phi Island where The Beach with Leonardo DiCaprio was filmed and Phang-Nga Bay with the limestone cliffs you saw from the plane. Similan Islands, one of ten world top diving sites. Similans are nine paradise islands a daytrip away northwest of Phuket where the sea are fantastic clear, a truly paradise. Racha Island to the south with beautiful corals and very clear sea, also popular for game fishing. And several other islands with white sandy beaches and crystal clear water. So much to see, so little time on a short vacation.

There are two famous show in the evening suited for the whole family. Phuket Fantasea at Kamala and Simon Cabaret Transvestite Show in Patong.

Quoted from their website:

"From the creators of Safari World, Thailand's most popular animal and Leisure Park, comes a new and unique cultural theme complex-Phuket FantaSea-that promise to be the ultimate in night-time entertainment on the holiday resort island of Phuket."

Another must is Simon Cabaret, a marvelous combination of music, dance and costume performed by the famous lady boys.

For the golf enthusiast Phuket have four 18-hole golf courses with Blue Canyon Country Club as one of the best in Asia. Banyan Tree Golf Club is another good course located at Laguna Phuket, home to several luxurious hotels. And want-to-be divers should not miss up on the opportunity to get a international Scuba Diving Certificate while on vacation on a tropical island. Phuket is a popular diving destination.