Phuket – Worthy Go https://worthygo.com Find what's worthy. Thu, 27 Feb 2020 22:58:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://worthygo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-Worthy-Go-GLOBE-ONLY-FULL-SIZE-1-32x32.png Phuket – Worthy Go https://worthygo.com 32 32 Destination: an afternoon in old town Phuket (Thailand) https://worthygo.com/destination-an-afternoon-in-old-town-phuket/ Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:00:20 +0000 http://worthygo.travel.blog/2015/04/17/destination-an-afternoon-in-old-town-phuket/ Wrapping up a trip to Phuket can mean one of two things: go out with a blast along the island’s many beaches, or take it down a notch and take in some of the lesser-seen sights. I love the beaches, but a walk around Phuket’s Old Town was in the cards. To be clear, this […]

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]]> Destination: Phuket Mining Museum — a curious case of pink buildings (Thailand) https://worthygo.com/destination-phuket-mining-museum-a-curious-case-of-pink-buildings-thailand/ Wed, 15 Apr 2015 14:00:30 +0000 https://worthygo.com/2015/04/destination-phuket-mining-museum-a-curious-case-of-pink-buildings/ 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 without hearing much about it — this museum is fairly […]

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]]> Destination: Dino Park Mini-golf — one of the most fun courses I’ve ever played (Phuket, Thailand) https://worthygo.com/destination-dino-park-mini-golf-one-of-the-most-fun-courses-ive-ever-played/ Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:00:37 +0000 https://worthygo.com/2015/04/destination-dino-park-mini-golf-one-of-the-most-fun-courses-ive-ever-played/ 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 laugh, acting as if […]

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]]> Destination: Wat Prathong and the quirky temple museum (Phuket, Thailand) https://worthygo.com/destination-wat-prathong-and-the-quirky-temple-museum-phuket-thailand/ Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:00:20 +0000 https://worthygo.com/2015/04/destination-wat-prathong-and-the-quirky-temple-museum/ 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 died later that morning. His […]

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]]> Destination: Thavorn Hotel Lobby Museum — two steps to go decades back in time (Phuket, Thailand) https://worthygo.com/destination-thavorn-hotel-lobby-museum-two-steps-to-go-decades-back-in-time-phuket-thailand/ Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:00:59 +0000 https://worthygo.com/2015/03/destination-thavorn-hotel-lobby-museum-two-steps-to-go-decades-back-in-time/ 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 to build the island’s first full-service hotel. The family, which […]

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