LELE: PHUKET - 12 Oct

Monday, October 19, 2009

PHUKET - 12 Oct - 15 Oct 09

Waiting at the airport.

This is the plane that we going to take.

My favourite raisin bread.

I am holding a Phuket Map..as we do self drive.

This is first night market that we went.

We rent this Honda City for 2250 Baht for 4d3n.

Morning market.

Phuket Fishing Port

So Hot !!!

KFC ...

Carrefour in Patong Beach.

Phuket Vegetarian Festival:is held from the first through the ninth nights of the ninth Chinese lunar month; that is, in September or October. It was first celebrated in 1825, when a troupe of actors enacted these rites toward off a plague. Vegetarian food is eaten by participants and white clothes worn during the period of the fest. Self utilization is practiced by those whose bodies become the temporary residence of powerful gods. Parades of worshippers brave fireworks while carrying images through the street; others walk on fire or climb bladed ladders. Participants number in the thousands. The whole forms one of the most bizarre festivals in Thailand.

Travel anywhere to the south of Phuket City, look up at the ridge of hills running down the centre of the island and you will see a towering monument under construction right at the top.
This is the Giant Buddha, as it is known locally, which is destined to become a local landmark and a place for both tourists and devout Buddhists to visit.