Posts by Elisabeth Sowerbutts
Thailand Prepaid Internet: Prepaid SIM Card for Thailand Visitors
OK – so you are planning to travel to Thailand and you want to stay in contact with the peeps back home. In today’s inter-connected world you may be just assuming that your smart phone/ iPad /netbook will just WORK. Well – yes it probably will – at a price. Not working out how you want…
Read MoreWhere to Stay in Phuket?
Choosing where to stay in Phuket is tricky, its a large island , with at least six very developed tourist beaches, and plenty of less well-known beaches to chose from. Alternatively you can stay inland in Phuket City or semi-rural areas such as Chalong. So there is no real one answer fits all answer to…
Read MorePhuket, Kata Beach: Tips, Tricks and Highlights
On our recent trip to Thailand we spent a few days staying in Kata Beach, one of Phuket’s famous beach resorts. One of the frustrating things about trying to research popular beach resorts in Thailand is all you will find is result after result written by the marketing department of a resort or tourist authority. This…
Read MoreCape Panwa, Phuket: Trip Report From Thailand
Content last updated – November 2016 – please contact me if you have an update! Now I just got back from a few days in Cape Panwa, located in southern Phuket. Its a little off the beaten track of the “big” Phuket tourist beaches of Patong, Kata and Karon, so I thought I might give…
Read MoreTrips to Thailand – Why Do People Travel Again and Again To Thailand?
I just got back from what was, after I counted it up, my fifth trip to Thailand. I’m not alone – many tourists take multiple trips to Thailand, but what is it that draw people back to the “Land of Smiles” again again? Well this is what brings me back over and over again: maybe…
Read MorePhuket or Koh Samui: Samui vs. Phuket – Which Is Better and Why
Content last updated – November 2016 – please contact me if you have an update! Planning a recent trip to Thailand – I was torn – should I go to the famous west coast resort island of Phuket or the more “laid-back” option of Koh Samui in the Gulf of Thailand. In the end we…
Read MorePhuket to Koh Samui: Travel Between the Two
Phuket is a hub for cheap airlines who fly into Thailand – and many people’s trips to Thailand start in Phuket. On a recent trip we decided to see both “sides” of the south: Phuket on the Andaman Coast and Koh Samui on the Gulf of Thailand. There are a number of options to get from…
Read MoreDeal of the Week – Travel Agent FAIL !
Reading the Sunday paper’s travel supplement my eye was caught by the “Deal of the Week” by a well-known high street travel agency. Phuket FROM $1339 for 8 days share twin. What caught my eye – was that the dates to travel included the same dates as we are travelling to Thailand, indeed to Phuket, next…
Read MoreBooking a Hotel Online – Travel Tips That Work
When I first started traveling the only way you could book an overseas hotel was either via your travel agent or directly with a very expensive overseas fax or by a via slow mail correspondence (not email!). The major problem for me was that the price of a hotel room was always at least $100, even…
Read MoreWhy Does WikiTravel Fail As a Travel Guide
While researching Travel Guides on Amazon – I came across a number of publishers that are using the content from WikiTravel. Now there is nothing wrong with that – its not illegal as the Wikitravel content is covered by a share and share alike copyright – which allows anyone to reproduce it so long as…
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