Showing posts with label Popular. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Popular. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Khai Island, Phang Nga


Khai Island, Phang Nga is a small island, there are three islands,
Khai Nui Island, Khai Nai Island and Khai Nok Island to snorkel all three islands.


Khai Nui Island is a popular spot for snorkeling and fish.


Trees with shallow coral and fish in the area, not far from the beach.
The island has a service shop food and beverage
simple chairs line the beach to serve tourists as well.


Khai Nok Island is a small island with beautiful white sand beaches, crystal clear water, rocky
island to snorkeling with diverse fish Khai Nok Island consists of two islands,
which is like fried sea white sand beach in front of soak up the sun.


Island is ideal for a small sandbar connected to one of the rocks of this
area is a great spot for snorkeling in shallow water around the island to swim water,
but be careful as some rough days. Supposed to swim in the calm waters.


Khai Nai Island is a small island. That is a great natural sand beach clean at both sides north
and west of the island. Play crystal clear waters around the island, snorkeling, coral
can be simple, such as coral reefs sheet plate.
But most notable is colorful fish species familiar to tourists. 


Next on the east side the island has a stone elephant
and turtle sculpture 3 natural erosion caused by wind.
Visitors can walk around the island with white sands within 2 minutes.


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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Panwan Beach, #Phuket


Panwa Beach, also known as Khao Kat Beach, is not a swimming beach,
and yet has the charm of these remote bays not many
would take the time to explore while visiting Phuket.


Located on   a east coast cape but facing west, the whole area is peppered
with luxury villas and few resorts, a great alternative to relax away from west coast crowded spots.


So if you are after peace,
this is an enjoyable region to spend a slow afternoon staring at nearby islands.
Have lunch or drinks at one of the few restaurants available along the strand,
such as the good old ‘Beach Bar’.


You can even stay at one of the beautiful resorts around,
most popular being the Novotel Panwa,
and enjoy a great morning stroll along the sandy bay
all the way to the few fishing boats at the southern end.


If you drove there, you should also continue up to the nearby ‘Panwa View Point’
(or Khao Kat Views Tower) and get an amazing 360˙ view
on this part of Phuket and the islands around.


Continue south and you will pass by Ao Yon beach (photo below),
another nice sandy bay mostly enjoyed by locals, you can even stop few minutes
at the small Ao Yon waterfall opposite of it.


Go further south and visit the Panwa Aquarium and its small glass tunnel
or stay at the Cape Panwa Hotel and its small but beautiful private beach (photo below).


Panwa beach and its surrounding is not your usual tropical holiday destination,
but once you drive there on a nice day you will see a side of  Phuket  island
not many take the time to enjoy.

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Ka Jok See Restaurant, Phuket


Ka Jok See is the sort of place you can stroll past and not even notice,
yet it’s one of Phuket’s most popular restaurants. How is this? Well,
this enigma is largely due to the fact that Ka Jok See (meaning ‘stained glass window’)
does not advertise nor solicit reviews in fancy magazines.


The owner, Khun Lek, keeps away from that sort of thing,
preferring word of mouth recommendations and,
perhaps as a result, the restaurant is packed every night
and it’s not at all that unusual to spot a celebrity or two dining there.
Serving mostly Thai food, for a fixed price you can order as much as you want
an unusual yet successful arrangement but then again
‘unusual yet successful’ are words that succinctly describe this restaurant.


Set in a Sino-Portuguese converted shop-house
and cleverly decorated with Thai and European touches,
Ka Jok See emulates certain Dutch steak houses with newspapers on the tables,
thick wooden beam ceilings, large plants and low lighting;
all it needs is sawdust on the floor to round the impression off but no, this is Thailand after all.


The food (expect large portions and far more than you can handle) is served Thai style,
meaning that everyone at the table shares and this enhances the fun factor here.
But come past nine o’clock at night the fun factor goes through the roof as a camper
than camp cabaret kicks in, the mood escalates,
shirts are thrown off and absolute party mayhem ensues.


It’s not unknown for diners to dance on the tables (so that’s why the newspapers are there…)
and the restaurant’s fun reputation is consolidated by nightly happenings.
Of course it’s gayer than a pink cigar but straights are welcomed here just as avidly
by the extremely friendly and attentive staff.


Just how Ka Jok See manages to pull this off on a nightly basis for more years
than they’d like to admit is one of Phuket’s great mysteries
but handing out bongo drums, party hats and tambourines
and pumping up the volume is a pretty shrewd strategy in getting shy diners to boogie along.
Think conga lines, limbo dancing over a candle, hip-swinging partiers swilling mojitos
and you’ll have a fair idea of how zany things get here. It’s most certainly not recommended
for blue-nosed teetotalers who have to be in the office at eight the next morning

as the party swings here till very late indeed.