Tag: Phuket

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Take me to the beach

For beach babies like me, Phuket is quite simply heaven. Our area, Kata Beach, had a bay with a beach of nearly two kilometres. It wasn’t particularly crowded, the Andaman Sea was perfectly warm, blue and clear and, even better, there were little restaurants dotted along at regular intervals. Ours was called The Cartoon Shop. […]

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What to drink in Phuket

I have never before enjoyed such a cornucopia of drinks on holiday. Phuket is definitely beverage heaven. That first morning, straight off the plane from London (via Bangkok), we limped down a hot, hectic street into The Outdoor Restaurant (that’s what it’s actually called) and I spotted a sign saying: watermelon shake 50 baht. Too […]

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Pictures from Phuket

So here it is…my first blog posted from abroad, I hope!  Welcome to Kata Beach in Phuket, Thailand where the weather’s hot and the food is even hotter! Yesterday at lunch I made the schoolgirl error of ordering a spicy papaya salad – delicious but resulted in chilli lips for the rest of the day! […]