Talk:Phuket

Since Phuket is both a province and a city, shouldn't this page be disamb.? For reasons of completeness I think it would be a good idea. However since the province is rather small, I can see why it was not yet chosen to be disamb.. Just wanted to see what other people think. -- (WT-en) Fido 17:21, 16 Sep 2004 (GMT+6)

Phuket the island and Phuket the province are identical, so I don't really see the point of disambiguating. Phuket Town can be shifted out into Phuket Town if it ever grows large enough. (WT-en) Jpatokal 06:32, 16 Sep 2004 (EDT)

Agreed -- (WT-en) Fido 17:51, 16 Sep 2004 (GMT+6)

ภูเก็ต

The following interesting comment was posted into "ภูเก็ต":

จังหวัดหนึ่งในภาคใต้ เป็นเกาะที่ใหญ่ที่สุดของประเทศไทย มีแหล่งท่องเที่ยวที่มีชื่อเสียง เช่น หาดป่าตอง หาดกะตะ หาดกะรน หาดราไวย์ แหลมพรหมเทพ เป็นต้น

Oh my. Is that so? (WT-en) Jpatokal 13:38, 15 May 2006 (EDT)

Transiting via Changi?!

Going from Bangkok to Phuket via Singapore makes absolutely no sense any way you look at it; it adds a minimum of three hours of flight and transfer time, and there's no way you can fly BKK-SIN-HKT even on the cheapest LCCs so that it's competitive even with TG's standard 2000B rate, much less Nok and Air Asia specials. SIN airport taxes & charges alone comes to about US$20! (WT-en) Jpatokal 01:57, 16 May 2006 (EDT)

Pronunciation?

Shouldn't the first sentence of this article say how to pronounce the island's name? I'm pretty sure it's not pronounced like its English spelling would suggest, but I don't know how it is pronounced. 75.2.76.138 02:29, 16 May 2006 (EDT)

Yes, it should, and it does now. (WT-en) Jpatokal 06:55, 16 May 2006 (EDT)

Phuket name

Phuket is a thai name for the original name Bukit, of Malay origins, meaning, hill, mountain.

Nowadays, phonetic spelling is ˌpoōˈket

Help with sleep listings

Opinons please as to which Phuket article these 2 should go into (taken out of the main article):

• <sleep name="Absolute Chandara Resort & Spa " address="99/1 Moo 6, Ban Ao Por, Pa Khlok, Thalang, Phuket, Thailand 83110" phone="(0)7631 7800" url="http://www.absolutechandara.com" price="Rates start at THB 5000"> Absolute Chandara Resort & Spa in Phuket, Thailand is located less than a kilometer from Ao Por Bay. It is also just 20 minutes from the international airport and 30 minutes from the town. Each spacious accommodation also has a dining area, toilet and bath, kitchenette with refrigerator, and living room/ lounge.</sleep>

• Laem Sai Garden Beach Resort (แหลมทราย การ์เดน บีช รีสอร์ท) 33/9 Km.3, Mueang Mai-Laem Sai Road (Tel: 0 7621 7120, 0 7621 0193 Bangkok Tel: 0 2514 1011), www.laemsai-resort.com, 40 rooms: 1,500-5,000 baht

Chandra is on the northeast cape - don't think we have a district for that area, Laem Sai is closed, I say to hell with them, we have enough listings as it is. --(WT-en) Stefan (sertmann) ^Talk 08:55, 20 October 2009 (EDT)

To hell with them it is :). I also took all the bar listings out of Phuket. All except 1 were Patong and I dumped them there. Frankly they are rubbishy listings and could all be deleted with no loss to the site.--(WT-en) Burmesedays 09:07, 20 October 2009 (EDT)

We had a major dump by the Thai Tourism Authority before I joined up, which has basically wrecked all of Thailand, simply cause it's so massive and don't contain many individual details/reviews. I think it has been agreed that it's open season on all that content. --(WT-en) Stefan (sertmann) ^Talk 09:12, 20 October 2009 (EDT)

Remove TAT clutter

I've moved some TAT clutter and placed them at Talk:Phuket/Listings for future reference. --(WT-en) globe-trotter 17:40, 5 February 2010 (EST)

Payphones & misc telephone

It may be wise to describe the payphone situation:

• How many different types/providers there are?
• Access to 1800, 001800 & other free numbers? Payment required?
• Reliability/vandalism/pickpockets
• Can you get cheap prepaid calling cards for international calls, and do they work from payphones?

Other issues to consider:

• Do mobile phones allow free access to free numbers? (FYI, NZ - yes, Aus - big fat no)
• Cost to call 1155 tourist police (landline/payphone/mobile)?
• emergency numbers (can usually lift from travel.state.gov)
• Example International call prices?
• VoIP - is it legal? is it feasible?

118.209.182.31 08:59, 20 May 2011 (EDT)

Scuba listings

There should be NO specific scuba listings in a region article. The following need to be placed in the relevant town article, if they are not there already.

• <do name="Geo Expedition Similan Dive Center" address="13/61 Moo 7 Khao Lak, Khuk Kak, Takuapa, Phang Nga" directions="Opposite Bangkok bank in the center of Khao Lak" phone="+66 76 485 792" email="info@geo-expedition.com" long="> Khao Lak's largest dive center offers diving in a friendly atmosphere with an experienced crew. Day trips and daily departing liveaboards to the Similan Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai and Richelieu Rock.</do>
• <buy name="Khao Lak Scuba Adventures" address="13/47 Moo 7, Kuk Khak, Takuapa, Phang Nga 82190 Thailand" phone="+66 76 485 602" fax="+66 76 485 607" price=">Daily departures by our fast and comfortable speedboats to Similan Islands, Koh Bon Islands or Richelieu Rock.</buy>
• Kon-Tiki Phuket Diving & Snorkeling Center [1]. 30 years of experience in Thailand catering divers and snorkelers from around the world. PADI 5 star dive center & GoEco operator. Daily diving and snorkeling trips to Phi Phi Islands, Racha Islands, Shark point and Similan Islands.
• Kamala Diving Center: Merlin Divers Co., Ltd. [2], PADI dive courses and day trips & liveaboard excursions around Phuket. Retailer of water sports gear and sportswear.
• Dive Asia [3], Phuket's first Padi 5 Star CDC Center, offers a full range of diving services: liveaboards to the Similan/Surin National Parks, daytrips to Phuket's local dive sites and Padi diving courses and IDCs.
• Phuket dash Scuba dot Com [4], Liveaboards to Similan, Surin, Phi Phi & Hin Daeng as well as day trips to all Phuket dive sites and training from try dives to PADI professional level.
• Sunrise Divers [5], PADI 5 Star Dive Resort specialising in Liveaboards.
• Just Dive It [6] Connects to Worldwide dive and sail [7] with longer liveaboards to the Similan and Surin National Parks.
• ALOHA [8] offers snorkeling rental gear, SNUBA diving, and scuba diving courses for all ages and abilities.
• West Coast Divers [9]
• Similan Diving [10] Liveaboards and overnight adventures to the Similan and Surin Islands
• Thailand Divers, 128 Thaweewong Road, Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand. Tel: +66 804245649 [11]
• Tec Divers, Phuket, Thailand. [12]
• Santana, Diving and Snorkling [13] Patong Beach, Padi 5 Star IDC Center, 30 years of experience, English and German instructors available. Daily (Day)-Trips and (MV Discovery) LiveAboards, PADI Courses, Gear Rental.
• 3Willys Diving, 135/9 Rat-U-Thit Road, Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand. Tel: +66 804245649 [14]

Snorkeling

Same: SweetDreamers [15] offer sailing day trip to Coral Island for snorkeling with just 6 people on board.

Kon-Tiki Phuket Diving & Snorkeling Center [32]. 30 years of experience in Thailand catering divers and snorkelers from around the world. PADI 5 star dive center & GoEco operator. Daily diving and snorkeling trips to Phi Phi Islands, Racha Islands, Shark point and Similan Islands.

• Aloha Ocean Adventures - [16] Highly Rated Small Group Full day Sightseeing & Snorkeling Tours to Phi Phi, Racha Yai and the Khai Islands. Premium Tours - Check for their online specials.
• Kon-Tiki Phuket Diving & Snorkeling Center - Dedicated snorkeling program to Phi Phi islands, Racha Yai, Coral island, Koh Khai islands and Similan islands. Depart every day from Phuket.[17]
• Coral Seekers [18] luxury speedboat charters.
• Thailand Divers, Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand. Tel: 0 7629 2052 [19]

Day trip snorkeling tour by Mari Tour Phuket [20]

• Phuket Islands trip by Phuket Thailand Trip [21]

SNUBA

Same:

• ALOHA SNUBA Thailand SNUBA dive tours Phuket, Thailand [22]

Warning needed?

Please read this article. Nightmare! I'm more inclined to ask where we should put a warning than whether we should. Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:20, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

In Retiring abroad, I think. Pashley? ϒpsilon (talk) 05:52, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Done , in the Retiring_abroad#Difficulties section. Pashley (talk) 12:41, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. Should we reference the warning with a link in this article, too? Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:03, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Beaches listing

Shouldn't they merged into one itinerary article? Veracious (talk) 08:13, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

• All but one of the articles has several listing each -- see, do, eat, sleep. Combining them into one article would make it harder to find the information. Ground Zero (talk) 13:05, 19 July 2023 (UTC)