Bangkok Airways Fah Thai: July-August 2016
My new stories for Bangkok Airways' Fah Thai magazine are onboard all flights throughout July and August! This issue, I check out two cool new boutique properties in Phuket (the superb Nai Harn, and The Cove, one of the island's best-kept secrets); discover how Sin City aka Patong now has some decidedly sophisticated options; and preview the annual Kathu festival - a unique event that celebrates the Chinese labourers who came to work in Phuket's tin mines, and never left. Cli
Jetstar Asia: 24 Hours in Phuket
In the July 2016 issue of Jetstar Asia inflight magazine, I present a local's guide to spending 24 hours in Phuket. Far away from the tourist hordes, we start the day with dim sum, tour the Old Town, stop for lunch at Gallery Cafe, ponder a souvenir tattoo at Golden Needle, enjoy sunset drinks at the Beach Bar, and pull into The Cove for a dinner by the ocean... Read the whole story in the links below. Click here to read the PDF #jetstar #jetstarasia #phuket #dimsum #galleryc
Tiger Airways Tiger Tales: Old Phuket Town
In the July 2016 issue of Tiger Tales, the inflight magazine of Tiger Airways, I profile Phuket Old Town for their 'Streets Ahead' feature series on the coolest up-and-coming neighbourhoods in Asia. If you've never been, the Old Town is my favourite place in Phuket - full of history, charming Sino-Colonial shophouses, and a gentrifying mix of shops, art galleries, cafes, tattoo parlours, barbershops, and teahouses. While you're making plans to visit, in the meantime read up o
