Phuket.com Magazine
April 2008 - Special Khao Lak
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When walking around this hotel the ambience
is one of true peace and calm yet there
is no end to the available activities.
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La Flora is surrounded by unbeatable scenery
made up of tropical rainforest and national
parks. Get away from it all at La Flora.
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Open in late 2007, The Briza with its seaside
location, certainly lives up to its breezy
name. The 79-room resort is intimate enough
to be a family hideaway yet is open-spaced
and can embrace a real holiday-by-the-sea
experience. Read
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The Sarojin, open since 2004, is a leader
in upper-range, medium sized resort accommodation.
Featuring 56 guest residences in 10 acres
of lushly appointed grounds, the resort
never feels crowded.
The Sarojin comes with excellent credentials:
it was ‘Asia’s Leading Boutique
Resort’ at the World Travel Awards
in 2006 & 2007, on Conde Naste’s
Traveler Hot List Hotels and Spas in the
same year and also featured on the DestinAsian
Luxe List 2006.
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Our two featured restaurants in this month's issue are
Ficus, in The Sarojin, and Bamboo
Bar and Seafood Grill in Le Meridien – both
restaurants in Khao Lak-based hotels. Ficus and Bamboo
Bar and Seafood Grill are well-situated, feature top
chefs and are atmospheric. Our resident food critic
Sam Wilkinson says of his reviews, "It was a hard
job but I realize that someone has to handle the tougher
things in life." Read
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Because of its location, Khao Lak is a wonderful 'springing
board' for day tours, Safari adventures, island visits
and snorkeling as well as for exploring the sensational
national parks in the area. Here are some of the best
and they are as diverse as a camping expedition, elephant
trekking to diving in the world-famous Similan Islands.
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It seems that everybody has a dream of getting away
from it all. Perhaps an escape to a mountain hideaway
up in the clouds with eagles as companions; or perhaps
a camping adventure in a northern wilderness… everybody
has the same sort of escapist dream. Way more popular
than any of its competitors, however, is a visit to
a tropical island and so when the opportunity turned
up to visit Surin Island in the Andaman Sea on a snorkeling
day trip we leapt at it. Read
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Khao Lak, a one-hour drive north of Phuket, has one
major resource to fall back on; an asset so in demand
that it is worth its weight in gold – its beautiful
natural and unspoiled beaches. Mile after mile of glorious
golden stress-free strand awaits the visitor with views
out over the turquoise Andaman that no artist's brush
could better. Read more...
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It's all happening up in Khao Lak, it seems. There's
a new airport in the works, Hong Kong's richest man
has bought a large swathe of land for development and
the Tourism Authority of Thailand representing Khao
Lak recently returned from a fruitful visit to Europe,
promoting the area's loveliness. Read all about it in
our Khao Lak News section.
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Khao Lak, Phang Nga's centre for natural beauty, has
moved back into the tourism spotlight, with hotel heavy-hitters
moving in. Kempinski is to take over the former Sofitel,
Phuket's family-run Kata Group will open its fifth resort
next to Le Meridien Khao Lak, and by next high season
the Similana, buried in the jungle but with a gorgeous
beach at its feet, will bear a new and - Phuket Dot
Com understands - very famous name. Khao Lak is back.
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Phuket's the home to many a fine artist, rugby player,
turtle and yachtsman as well as being an internationally-acclaimed
host to one of the region's most prolific marathon.
Catch up with what's happening in Phuket with our monthly
news and you'll have the finger on the pulse of Southeast
Asia's most happening destinations.
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It’s April, the hottest month in Thailand. So our
April recipe is something that will definitely heat
up your kitchen. And to get this recipe we headed to
the resort town of Khao Lak, north of Phuket, to meet
with Chef Prasit Ngamsirisak of the Khaolak Merlin Resort.
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