Review - Kay Marshall ship excursion to James Bond Island Private Tour

Dear Malila

Our group definitely enjoyed our day trip to James Bond Island including the delicious lunch. One of our group from New York and a seaasoned traveller thought it was the best day trip she had ever done (as a ship excursion). We appreciate also that we were returned to the port at the time requested

Regards

Kay Marshall

Phuket Weather update 6th to 16th June 2015

It is heavy rain since Sunday night and seems will be like this for next couple of days. The good news is that it is normal for the period and it is good for the forest and the water reserves.

Clouds cover Kathu hills - a rainy day today

Being an all year destination Phuket has always a lot of people that come to visit for the beaches, the sea and the informal and amusing atmosphere

So what to do now if you are here and it is raining a lot?

First of all enjoy holidays anyway, air temperature is between 26 and 30 Celsius and water temperature is above 28 Celsius.

Can see from the two pictures on this article that the situation can be very different just few km south of Phuket. This because the fat clouds full of water are coming from west and Phuket hills attract them and rain falls. The hills works like a wall leaving areas on the east side sheltered from rain.

Some moment and the view to south show blue sky over Phuket

So could be good to stay in Phi Phi for few days.

Another easy option is to move to Koh Samui where weather is much better at the moment and can fully enjoy holidays

Weather in Samui in June - Koh Nang Yuan Island

How to get from Phuket to Samui,?

The faster way is flying, BangkokAirways as direct flights from Phuket to Samui our times a day

PG 252 leaving Phuket at  9:35 am and arrives in Samui at 10:30 am
PG 254 leaving Phuket at  1:00 pm and arrives in Samui at   1:55 pm
PG 256 leaving Phuket at  4:00 pm and arrives in Samui at   4:55 pm
PG 258 leaving Phuket at  7:10 pm and arrives in Samui at   8:05 pm

Or can go with the cheaper option with a bus and ferry from Phuket to Samui

Two times a day is possible to go from Phuket to Samui with Fast ferry. The bus or minivan will take you to Donsak pier (four to five hours ) then 45 minutes ferry to Samui

Can leave Phuket at 7:00 am and arrive in Samui at 1:15 pm
or from Phuket at 10:00 am and arrive in Samui at 4:45 pm

So always a way to enjoy holidays in Thailand

Review - Thomas Jose - Phang Nga Tour and Sunset Dinner

Hi Francesco,

We reached safely yesterday evening. Would like to thank you and your team for arranging everything well and orderly during our visit. We really had a nice time and my kids really enjoyed a lot. Thanks for all the arrangements and recommendations you made. A very special thanks to our guide Bee, who was very friendly and took good care of our kids. Give the special regards to Aunty Bee from my kids Alitza and Austin. Both the drivers, the Captain, his wife and little Ki at the Sun Set dinner, all were really good and made us feel at home. Really was a good experience. Once again, thank you very much. Will recommend you to my friends and will contact you in future if we are visiting Phuket again.

Thanks

Thomas

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Review - Melissa Lee - private tours and cooking class

Hi Francesco and team. 

Thank you so much for all the awesome tours

That you assisted us with. 

I have finally found a tour company that is reliable and doesn't treat their customers as random numbers.  We were probably not the easiest customers as we had loads going on in the background as we explained to you but 

Your fantastic organisational skills and friendliness made a massive contribution to an outstanding albeit short holiday.

The private long boat tour with Bee was incredible. She is a wonderful lady whom I hope to meet again. Lunar from the tubing tour was like a ray of sunshine and we loved being in her company.  The tubing was great and we lived the fact that it wasn't over run with people. Thanks for that excellent advice.

The highlights for me, however, was the private cooking class with Bee and Anne. It was so personal, Anne was so warm and welcoming, being in her home was a privilege and one I would have hated to miss. It was informative yet casual and I felt I was cooking with friends.

Your advice regarding that incredible restaurant, jok ......was spot on. 

What a place. We didn't want to leave. Thanks for going out your way to make and then reschedule our reservation.

Dee also went our her way to book us our unscheduled trip to watch Thai boxing,even instructing the driver to take us to collect the tickets. 

I will, without any hesitation, tell any other people that are planning on travelling to Thailand, not to waste their time with any other tour operator  and we will definitely be utilising your amazing companies services on our trip next year.

Kind regards

Melissa-Lee

Phuket Weather update from 23rd May till 5th June 2015

Finally it did rain, i know for those on holidays isn't a great news but believe me is a relieve from the heat and water reserves were very low.

Rain in Kathu

Despite rain we don't have wind and sea is almost flat making easy and possible to enjoy snorkeling at Racha Yai and snorkeling at Phi Phi Islands

View over Laem Singh Beach on 25 May 2015

Now time for rafting and tubing in Kapong and for beautiful tours in Khao Sok National Park.

Bring a t shirt to change a dry bag and light rain coat, that all need to enjoy holidays in Phuket during Summer

Always with my dry bag during summer

And here some more ideas on things to do in Phuket when it rains.

Like a nice evening tour in Old Phuket Town

Clock tower in Phuket Town

Or learn more about Thai Food and Phuket life with an home style cooking class

Home Style Thai Food

It is important to know that during Summer in Phuket it doesn't rain all day for few days and everywhere.

There are thunderstorms that locally can pour a lot of rain in a short time. So can rain at an hotel location and be sunny and fine all day at Phi Phi islands or other locations. As can be the opposite. in case of severe weather activities or tours are suspended but need first to get to the meeting points to have the correct picture about the weather situation. And some time take the "risk' of getting wet during the day.

Same is for the time could rain at Pick up time and then be good during the day or could be nice in the morning and then turn bad during the day

For these reason one of the tours we like to suggest during summer is the Phi Phi Premium that combines the comfortable transfers in premium class, where customers are always comfortable despite sea conditions, with fun speed boat ride to best sightseeing at Phi Phi Island

Premium Class salon

Or compare with weather in Phuket in June 2014

Phuket weather update from 1st til 22 May 2015

The much expected rain didn't arrive and so we still have flat sea, no wind and no waves. Despite all forecast stills showing rain and storms nothing really happen.

View over Laem Sing Beach and Phuket west coast on 21 May 2015

We have some storm but just local and they last in less than on hour, surfers will have to wait for waves.

See the pictures below take as same place in the morning and afternoon, can see that we go from clear sky to light storm in the afternoon

Kathu in the morning of 17 May

Kathu in the afternoon of 17 May

One thing is sure, it is very hot and we need rain to refill reserves. As said sea is lovely so people can enjoy all tours and low rates at hotels.

Karon Beach in mid May 2015

Forecasts are conservative and keep saying that it will rain, that's true but not for at least another ten days.

Kamala Beach on 19 May 2015

Last minute update from Phuket, yesterday (24 May) and today we had first serious rainfalls, Sunday rain for all afternoon. While today just from 16:00 hrs til evening. Wind pick ed up with waves in open sea up to one meter.

This was well awaited for specially as Phuket was facing a water shortage.