Destination: Phuket Mining Museum — a curious case of pink buildings (Thailand)
If your time machine can send you back to Phuket from a few centuries ago, you wouldn’t have found any tourists. There was no bridge to this island, and the main industry was tin mining courtesy of Chinese laborers. Today’s tourists may easily pass by this history...
Destination: Dino Park Mini-golf — one of the most fun courses I’ve ever played (Phuket, Thailand)
If we’ve met in person, there’s a fair chance you’ve seen the playful, sometimes silly side of me. I’m the sort that when I see someone taking a picture of someone else, I sneak up behind the picture-taker and give them bunny ears. I then sneak away while they have a...
Destination: Wat Prathong and the quirky temple museum (Phuket, Thailand)
Wat Prathong’s main claim to fame is a golden Buddha that dates back centuries. The golden image, Luang Pho Phra Phut, was buried in an area where villagers raised cows and buffaloes. One day, a kid tied his buffalo to what he thought was a stone covered in mud. He...
Destination: Thavorn Hotel Lobby Museum — two steps to go decades back in time (Phuket, Thailand)
Phuket has no shortage of strange attractions. Today, we set off to explore one of the stranger ones. Don’t confuse this Thavorn Hotel with a beach villa or grander resort of the same name. The vintage hotel dates back to 1960, when the Thavornwongwongse family opted...
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