Phuket Mobility

Most indigenous inhabitants of the island and tourists also use small motorcycles to their targets. It is not rare that several people without helmets on the road. In Thailand there for the Motorradfaher helmet is not compulsory but for the Beiffahrer. This is also in the tourist centers controlled by the police. Motorcycles can hire at many stations for a relatively small fee borrowed. The contracts are mostly in English. It is important to note that whether a comprehensive (with or without self-interest) is offered. This should in any case use (only costs a few more EUR). On a good technical condition of the motorcycle is to ensure no old mills "bonds. If that during the period of use of a defect, it may happen that the liability of the damage over. This is also the case for a comprehensive self-involvement. CAR (limousine, off-road, small cars) can also be borrowed. In Germany, the well-known car rental companies (eg Sixt) are on the spot. Here the car before the trip and check out all the deficiencies together with the lender in a tight list of shortcomings. The fuel prices are cheaper than in Germany. The filling station network with rural regions in Germany comparable. Also offer private seller fuel petrol / diesel.

Phuket Vegetarian Festival

Phuket Vegetarian Festival is an annual activity held during the ninth within one month after the Spring Festival, the Chinese calendar. We believe that the vegetarian festival and its sacred rituals bestow happiness, for those who observe religious rites of passage. At the same time, local residents and ethnic strict accordance with the 10-day vegetarian or vegan diet for spiritual cleansing and the excellent decisions. Sacred ceremony performances, the Chinese shrines and temples and aesthetic display, such as walking on hot coal and barefooted or cold turntable ladders and stairs are entranced his followers as "Ma Song."

Phuket History

The most striking event in the history of Phuket was the attack by the Burmese in 1785. Captain Francis Light, a British East India Company on board on the island over to the local administration has noted that the Burmese armed forces are preparing for the attack. Khunying Jan, the wife of the recently deceased governor, and his sister and Mook mounted that the armed forces were in a position. After a period of one month seat, the Burmese were forced to retreat on 13 March 1785. Both women are local heroes, in which the honorary titles Thao Thep Kasatri and Thao Sri Sunthon of King Rama I. During the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), in Phuket is the administrative center of the production of tin southern provinces. In 1933 Monthon was dissolved Phuket and Phuket is a province in itself. Old names on the island include KB Thalang

Welcome to south of thailand

The south and the islands of southern Thailand. It contains many from Thailand, the majority of the famous, including the focus on the west coast of the Andaman Sea, in the Gulf region and on the southern side of the is on the coast of Thailand. The south of Thailand is Bangkok, economic center of Thailand, the railway line and the highway. For various regional airports are located in larger cities. The main axis of transport of the entire southern Thailand's Hat Yai, which is from a small village in the city present a few decades. The Phetkasem highway is the longest street in Thailand, and Bangkok from the Isthmus of Kra flees, and in the West coast of the peninsula. From Trang, in the east coast by al Hat Yai, and at the end of the border malaisa. The rail route between the south of al Bangkok, Hat Yai, and then in the direction of the Malaysian peninsula and Singapore. Two small sections of the railway line fleeing Thung Song in Trang and Nakhon Si