PHUKET TOWN

- Where is The Heart of the Great Sea Dragon of Indian Ocean? What is Baba culture? Are there Chinese on Phuket? What was here before tourism? What is here after the tsunami? Tin mining cleared the way for a European culture to land on what they called Junkceylon together with the 5000 year old culture of the Chinese to land on what the locals refered to as Chalang resulting in the foundation of the town Tongkah. Today we say Phuket and Phuket Town. Characteristic for the town is the Sino-Colonial architecture which today is more and more preserved and showed. Phuket Town old town is what one could call China Town.

PHUKET TOWN CHINESE TOUR

Phuket Tours by THAI WAI TRAVEL

- FRIDAYS, also other weekdays if possible.
- A minimum of six persons is required to make the tour.

The tour reflects the motley history of Phuket high-lighting the Chinese inheritance until the presence. We have a wonderful view from Khao Rung, after that we take a walk in the old town Chinese area and go to the everyday local market – on your own or with the guide. Furthermore, we go to a Chinese museum and a temple. We drive through Saphan Hin, a centre for cultural happenings, stop down town Phuket Town for shopping. All along the route we will witness and experience a piece of the genuine Phuket. Everybody choose their own dinner any where on their own bill. If you would like to experience a genuine Thai-Chinese dinner, follow our guides to a humble and simple eatery.

Initerary:
Pick-up from the hotels: 14:00 Kata – 1415 Karon – 14:30 Patong

Phuket Town

Phuket Town is opening up under oss from the view point, where you can have a soft ice or something else while enjoying the view.

Phuket Town – Old Town

We begin our walk in an alley that once was know as the town´s red light district and continue through the restored part of the old time. Here are cloth shops, Chinese remedies in the town´s oldest herb-shop, a well hidden Shrine, the reception of On On Hotel that appeared in the movie “The Beach”. You can find handicraft and antiques, coffeshops, restaurants and a daily fresh food market where you find a lot of excotic products and fruit. You can shop on your own with the help of a map or following the guide.

Thai Hua Museum – life of the Chinese documented

We visit a very important museum from the Chinese and Baba people´s cultural heritage and history´s point of view here on Phuket. We learn about the tin mines, the power of the Ang-Yee organizations, riots and the survival of the Chinese population. Today the Chinese Vegetarian Festivalen is the most amazing and withdrawing event on the island. During this week we will have a special program.

The Taoist Temple

This is in the centre of celebrating the vegetarian festival with spiritual ceremonies and a vegetarian market with dart- and ballgames and all kind of sales. We make a short stop and admire the Chinese doll characters, sculptures and many other things.

Saphan Hin – Chinese fishermen, the Vegetarian Festival, temples and culture

We make a sight-seeing tour from through the south parts of Phuket Town, Saphan Hin, home of many cultural happenings, festivals and markets. Here you find the heritage of the Chinese Khor Chan fishing boats, fishermen with their own little market, here you find Chinese temples and many other things.

Shopping in down-town Phuket Town

In the area of the shopping malls Ocean and Robinson, who offer you all one can think of, there are many small shops where you can make a bargain. In the area there is also a steakhouse, ice-cream bar and fast food restaurants and on top of that a genuine fresh food market with all the authentic smells. Everybody mind their dinner the way they want to on their own expense.

Dinner on a seafood restaurant

If you are keen on trying some authentic Thai-Chinese cuisine, you can follow the guide to a humble and simple eatery with delicious food. If you want to have frog-legs, we can order it! They say it is delicious!

The tour lasts about six hours and a half (around 2:30 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.). The price includes car, driver, local guide and guiding in English, Swedish or Finnish, insurance and water.

Bring along: sun glasses, camera, money for shopping and clothing that covers knees and shoulders when visiting the temple.

Price: 1.500,- Baht

Private groups according to agreement! Do not hesitate to ask!

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