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- Jul 4, 2022, 8:55pm · ☁️ 27 °C Altitude: 71 m
  Thailand Phuket Ban Karon Karon Noi Beach 7.859585, 98.2867857°51’35” N 98°17’12” E
Day 3
Street food tour Old Phuket Town
July 4, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
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Fabulous food tour today. Our guide Pema took us through Phuket Central Market and Old Phuket Town. Lots of market stalls ranging from fresh fruits ,vegetables , spices and flowers. Lots of tastings at small restaurants ,roadside stalls and even soap ice cream. Its not actually soap but just looks like it. Tried Durion fruit and pig intestine. Interesting!!!!
Didn't realise but there are a large majority of people in Phuket who are Baba (mixed blood). People from China ,Malaysia and Myanmar. These people came because of the tin mines. A lot of excavation happened at the beaches and because of this some beaches are quite dangerous to swim at even though this happened many years ago.Read more
Traveler A bit like here at the moment 🌧 😆
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Traveler The face says it all Anna 😂
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Traveler Interesting 😏
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Traveler Thailand
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- Jul 5, 2022 · ☁️ 30 °C Altitude: Sea level
  Thailand Phuket Ban Karon Karon Noi Beach 7.858333, 98.2866677°51’30” N 98°17’12” E
Day 4
Spa Day
July 5, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Another relaxing day today. Enjoyed a beautiful 2 hours at the resort spa having an aromatherapy oil massage and facial with my spa partner Yvonne 🤣 . Swim and cocktails by the pool then off to Karon Beach again . More cocktails and dinner at Butterfly Bistro . Night markets at the local temple although Tania commented that there were probably only 1/5 of the stalls there compared to when she came with Emily only a few years ago. So sad !!! Tuk tuk ride to Patong Beach which is a much busier place . Bangla Road walking street was an eye opener I'm glad we are staying somewhere more sedate. Finished off with banana and nutella pancake . 😋Read more
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- Jul 6, 2022 · ☁️ 30 °C Altitude: 71 m
  Thailand Phuket Ban Karon Karon Noi Beach 7.859655, 98.2867747°51’35” N 98°17’12” E
Day 5
Phang Nha Bay
July 6, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
What a day . Wow !!! Picked up mid morning and headed up to Ao Por Pier.Took an hour to get there and dropped off at a dodgy little shop. 😅 Wondered what we got ourselves into . People got some supplies but didn't really need too . Brian and I bought glasses ropes so we didn't lose them in the ocean. Picked up at jetty by traditional Thai bus and dropped at boat . Took about an hour to get to Hong Island for our first kayak. Our kayak guide was Dorn. Lovely man . Amazing to kayak through cave and come through to open beautiful lagoons. Proud of myself because our next kayak at Phanak Island was through a sea cave that was only centimetres from my face . Scary and I did panic a little. We had to lie down the whole time but I kept my eyes closed and I did it !! Just before our lovely seafood dinner Dorn helped us make a beautiful floating Kratong made of flowers for our night kayak. Once we entered the lagoon we rafted up with our friends and we lit the candles and floated them . A time for reflection and connection. On our way back through the cave we stirred up the water with our hands to reveal the bio luminescence. Amazing . Massive day out will sleep well tonight.Read more
Traveler What an amazing day! Even better that you had someone paddling for you 😊
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- Jul 7, 2022 · ☁️ 30 °C Altitude: 71 m
  Thailand Phuket Ban Karon Karon Noi Beach 7.859585, 98.2867157°51’35” N 98°17’12” E
Day 6
Sick Day
July 7, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Brian and I not feeling great today. Lucky its a down day. We got the shuttle bus down to Centara Grand to have brunch. Then off to their adult pool to relax. Brian slept the whole time .🤣
We got back to our villa and slept all afternoon. Headed down to Karon for another suit fitting and Wally and I had our feet nibbled by fish. Very ticklish. Off to check out Kata Beach . Had dinner and home . Hope we feel better tomorrow.Read more
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- Dec 12, 2022 · 🌧 28 °C Altitude: 20 m
  Thailand Phuket Ban Karon Karon Noi Beach 7.859015, 98.2867197°51’32” N 98°17’12” E
Day 9
Phuket
December 12, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Phuket - something completely different again. It is quite warm and humid here all the time. The sun is very strong, even if it hides behind the clouds. So it's no wonder that I'm already sunburnt.... 🥵

On the beach we saw many crabs from small to large, a snake and some lizards on the way to the beach as well as 2 very trusting and cheeky birds near our bungalow.

Towards evening, a small thunderstorm came up, it rained full throttle for about 10 minutes - but it still stayed warm 😊Read more
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- Dec 15, 2022, 9:20pm · 🌧 26 °C Altitude: 40 m
  Thailand Phuket Ban Karon Karon Noi Beach 7.859129, 98.2867557°51’33” N 98°17’12” E
Day 12
Last day in Phuket
December 15, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Today is the last day in Phuket. Tomorrow morning we're going back to Bangkok... we had a really good time again, Henrik enjoyed a Thai massage, while Mami and I had a delicious drink.

One last walk along the beach, one last swim in the pool and all packed, it's off to bed. Good night 😴Read more
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Traveler Mela auf Reisen
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- Nov 29, 2019 · ☀️ 29 °C Altitude: 177 m
  Thailand Phuket Ban Karon Khuan Ron Nui 7.8623, 98.297687°51’44” N 98°17’52” E
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Phuket kurzer Tauchstopp
November 29, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Inzwischen sind wir weiter nach Phuket gereist.
Die Moschee weckte uns liebevoll um 5.15 Uhr ..packen und ins Longtailboat zum großen Hafen, Fähre nehmen, ankommen.😉

Phuket an sich ist jetzt nicht so reizvoll, aber irgendwie wollten wir es doch mal gesehen haben und entschlossen uns 2 Nächte dort zu verbringen und einen Tag zum Tauchen zu gehen. So konnten wir noch mal unsere Tauchskills testen und erweitern 😁🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️👍

Heute war der Tauchausflug. Das Schiff steuerte die Racha Inseln an, südlich von Puket. Drei mal durften wir ins Wasser. Leider bereiteten uns unsere Masken heute nicht so viel Freude. Mehrmaliges säubern der Maske war unter Wasser notwendig, da diese immer wieder beschlagen waren. Negativ für den Spaßfaktor, positiv zum Üben.🤷‍♀️🙄 Beim 2. Und 3. Tauchgang, dank Zahnpaste viel besser🤭👍 einfach rein in die Maske, warten, ausspülen. 😅

Korallenreich war es jetzt nicht Unterwasser, dafür haben wir viele neue spezielle Fischarten gesehen 😅👍 Zur Info, die Foto's sind wieder zur Veranschaulichung aus dem Internet! Außer, das mit dem Hai 😅😁 hab ich noch ergänzt vom letzten Schnorcheltrip. 🦈😅

Ja, sonst gibt's nicht wirklich was zu erzählen. Phuket ist wie gesagt nicht besonders....🤷‍♀️ hier gibts übrigens viele, viele russische Touristen. Sogar die Speisekarten sind auf russisch🤨🤔

-> Deswegen fahren wir morgen wieder. 😅 Die Unterkunft ist gerade gebucht. Nur wie wir hin kommen wissen wir noch nicht ganz genau🤷‍♀️🤪
Unser Ziel, eine letzte Insel, bevor es hoch ins thailändische Innland geht.🥳🎋⛩Read more
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Traveler Taste of Thailand
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- Apr 12, 2018 · ☀️ 32 °C Altitude: 35 m
  Thailand Phuket Ban Karon Karon Noi Beach 7.859069, 98.28637°51’33” N 98°17’11” E
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Scuba day
April 12, 2018 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Whilst Al soaks up the rays by the pool it is time for another day of diving including Emma’s first open water dives.

Thailand is a beautiful dive destination and today’s dives are way out to sea but in a protected bay on a small pair of islands so ideal for a new diver. T, our divemaster, briefs us and we ‘giant stride’ into the ocean and descend gently to the bottom. 12m is the max depth for a novice but there is still plenty to see including several octopi, a large moray eel and some smaller morays, lots of giant puffer fish and more. It’s a long day with 3 dives and a lengthy boat trip out to sea. Leave at 8 and back just before 7pm.

The photos don't really do it justice (and they need the colours fixing to adjust for the loss of colour underwater).Read more
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- Aug 30, 2021, 1:46am · ⛅ 27 °C Altitude: 64 m
  Thailand Phuket Ban Karon 7.88248, 98.277467°52’57” N 98°16’39” E
Day 12
Schnorchel, Dschungel & Sonnenuntergang
August 30, 2021 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Bei 34° und 80% Luftfeuchtigkeit ist jeder Aufstieg hart erkämpft. Beim bestaunen der Aussicht, ist die Anstrengung aber meist schon vergessen, und wenn nicht dann, dann spätestens beim nächsten kühlen Mango shake ;)Read more
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- Sep 3, 2021 · ☁️ 29 °C Altitude: 81 m
  Thailand Phuket Ban Karon 7.88173, 98.277267°52’54” N 98°16’38” E
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Certficate of release
September 3, 2021 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Das langersehnte Stück Papier (Certificate of release) das fast freies Reisen in Thailand ermöglicht. Eine kurze Zusammenfassung unseres Wegs dazu:

1. Visum vor Ort in der Botschaft in Bern beantragen. Mitnehmen:
- Pass
- 2x Passfotos
- Bestätigung Auslandkrankenversicherung
- Buchungsbestätigung Hin-, und Rückflug
- Buchung einer Unterkunft für die halbe Aufenthaltsdauer in Thailand

2. COE (Certificare of entry) beantragen
Formular ausfüllen + Folgende Unterlagen hochladen:
- Pass
- Visum
- Auslandskrankenkassen Bestätigung
- COVID Zertifikat (Am besten eine Bestätigung von 2 Impfungen inkl. Batch ID der Impfdose und Passnummer, nicht nur schweizer Covid Zertifikat. Ultra mühsam, da wir die zwei Impfungen nicht am selben Ort hatten war das ausdrucken des Dokuments "systemtechnisch" nicht möglich, konnten es dann zum Glück zusammenbasteln mit den batch ID Kleber die wir erhielten.)

Nach 3 Tage wird COE pre-approved

4. COE Teil 2
- Buchung eine SHA+ zerfizierten Hotels für 14d in Phuket hochladen
- 3x Covidtest in Phuket buchen/bezahlen -> Erhaltene SHABA ID eintrage

COE wird nach weiteren 3 Tagen approved

5. 72h vor Abflug PCR Test -> ins COE hochladen, Flugdetails eintragen (Flüge werden täglich verschoben und gecancled, falls neues Flugdatum mehr als 72 verschoben, zurück zu Punkt 2)

6. Flughafen (3.5h am Flughafen Zürich benötigt)
Folgende Dokumente ausgedruckt:
-COE
-Impfezertifikat
-Resultat PCR
-Sha+ Bestätigungs Zertifikat
- Vorgebuchte PCR Test,Shaba Zertifikat

(Prüfung in Zürich, Doha und bei Ankunft)

7. Ankunft Phuket
-T8 Dokument ausfüllen
- Covid App runterladen
- PCR Test

8. 14d phuket
-2x PCR Test
-2x Täglich Temperaturmessung an Reception
-Phuket nicht verlassen

Tada, schon hat man das Phuket Sandbox Programm erfolgreich durchlaufenRead more
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