Miscellaneous Info about Thailand, Phuket, Pattaya

Phuket by the Eyes of Google Earth

  • some very good movies about tsunami recorded just in the moment of the disaster
  • interesting layer about ocean wildlife; underwater world is probably one of the most interesting features in Thailand
  • Phuket – nice walks in the jungle; three small waterfalls, just as an alternative for sunny beach


Phuket on YouTube

  • muay Thai schools
  • traffic: the most serious problem on Phuket island; many death accidents in particular among motorbike drivers; the hill between Patong Beach and Phuket Town – extreme danger; roots of the problem: very low culture of conducting, low quality of the roads, left side traffic, high precipitation, a lot of drunk drivers, congestion in rush hours
  • festivals: vegetarian, carnival, Songkhran; Songkhran, the festival of water, last all the week; all people poor water on each other, impossible to walk dry through the city
  • police raid on Thai Phukette Gazette; no full freedom of speech in Thailand