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December 2007 - Special Phi Phi Islands

Phi Phi Don Island's Long Beach

Welcome to the December edition of Phuket.com Magazine. This month our focus is on the beautiful Phi Phi Islands. Get an insider's look at life on Phi Phi through our interviews with local personalities, keep up to date with our monthly news and learn what to expect this month and next through our events page.

Phi Phi is a world-renowned diving destination and our team tries the waters in a half-day dive in this aquatic wonderland. Also featured is a review of a Phi Phi One Night Stopover Tour and all it entails. And just where are the best places to eat out? We fill you in on the details, honing in to two of the best eateries on Phi Phi Don, Ton Sai Seafood and Mama's. Our hotel reviews take in the Bay View & Arayaburi Resort in Ton Sai Bay and The Holiday Inn Phi Phi in beautiful Laem Thong.

As always, we keep the culinary Thai tips flowing; this month with a recipe from Trisara Phuket's chef. Finally, our team here in Phuket would like to take the opportunity to wish each and every one of our readers a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

The Editor
editor@phuket.com

 

Phi Phi Islands

The Phi Phi islands are some of the most idyllic, postcard-perfect islands in the world. The recipe is all there: nodding palms, white sandy beaches. Add to this warm and friendly people, lots of sunshine as well as attractive accommodation and you get something approaching tropical perfection. Read more...

Phuket December News

In this month’s news we report on new direct air services from Europe and plans to support tourism for the elderly in Phuket.

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Holiday Inn Resort Phi Phi

Phi Phi is not just about well-known Tonsai and Loh Dalum bays. There are at least ten extremely attractive beach and bay locations on Phi Phi Don and one of the most striking is Laemthong Beach – the site of the Holiday Inn Resort Phi Phi Island. Read more...

 
Phi Phi Personalities

The Phi Phi Islands form a magical place with its own unique charm. People who visit Phi Phi come from all over the world, young and old, singles and families, from all different walks of life.

The people who live and work on the biggest island, Phi Phi Don, are of a similar variety. Some are local islanders while others are long-term expatriates who, after arriving a decade or more ago, simply never left. Phuket.com talked to three of these residents...
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Arayaburi Resort Phi Phi

Situated in Laem Hin (Rocky Cape) and facing Phi Phi Leh, the Phi Phi Bay View and Arayaburi Resort straddles a leafy hillside overlooking Phi Phi Don’s stunning Tonsai Bay. Tonsai has long been known for its luscious turquoise water, its verdant backdrop and the jungle-capped cliffs on the far side of the bay.
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Diving in Phi Phi

The Phi Phi islands marine park is an area of truly outstanding natural beauty. Dramatic 200-metre high jungle-capped limestone cliffs with tree roots desperately clinging their sides rise vertically out of the turquoise water. Below the water the scenery is just as dramatic… Phi Phi is a leading worldwide scuba diving destination with visitors flocking all year round to see the islands’ underwater beauty. Read more...

Phi Phi Stopover

Phi Phi Island is one of the most beautiful in the world. It’s a place that you have to see to believe as the ‘colourometer’ has gone off the scale there, with its fabulously turquoise-and-blue waters, its rugged limestone cliffs and the luscious green of its jungle and flora.
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Tonsai Seafood and Mama's restaurant

The restaurant scene on Phi Phi Don is vibrant, colourful, exciting and ever changing. There are any number of intriguing eateries lining Tonsai's busy streets and alleys and the choices stretch from pub grub to fine dining. Two of the most well-known restaurants on the island are Ton Sai Seafood and Mama's yet they are very different from each other in character and delivery. Join Sam Wilkinson as he tries out the wonderful cuisine in these locations. Read more...

Phi Phi & Krabi Hotel Updates

For this month’s hotel news, Phuket.com takes you to Phi Phi island and Krabi. Getting away from it all doesn’t mean you have to give up those luxuries that make a holiday special, whether it’s silk sheets, air-conditioning or lazy luxurious hours in the spa. Just bring your iPod and your toothbrush and enjoy relaxed island days and blissful nights. Read more...

Yam Pla Salmon by Chef Chalermchai Prakobkit

For this month’s Thai recipe, Phuket.com went into the five-star kitchen at Trisara Phuket and talked to one of the top chefs there, Chalermchai Prakobkit. He took us through the creation of a simple yet delicious dish called yam pla salmon (grilled salmon salad with Thai herbs).
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New Year's Eve, Phuket Blues Festival, etc...

Thais are probably the luckiest people in the world – we get to celebrate New Year three times every year. The first time is the conventional Western New Year of December 31-January 1. Then there’s Chinese New Year (in February this year) and Thai New Year in April, also known as Songkran. Read more...



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