| One
of the means of transportation usually used and also one of the most expensive
are Tuk Tuk on the beaches. Prices are negotiation thing. The use of the local
busses is cheaper. Simply waving the bus close and getting in to go with the
local bus of the beaches to town. The price for the simple way lies depending
on beach between 15 -30 Baht. The local bus station in Phuket Town is in front
of the market.
Busses frequent 15 -30 minutes
intervals of 8.00, 18.00 hours |
| Diplomatic
representations: |
| All
the diplomatic representations of Germany, Switzerland and Austria are for
Bangkok. In need cases here the corresponding phone numbers and addresses:
German embassy
9 Sathorn Tai
Road
Bangkok 10120
Telephone : (02)
287 9000
Telefax : (02)
285 6232
24 hour emergency number: 01 845 6224
Open: Monday till Friday 8:30
hours -- 12:00 hours
Swiss embassy
35 North Wireless
Road
Bangkok 10330
Telephone: (02)
253 0156-60
Telefax : (02)
255 4481
Open: Monday till Friday 9:00
hours -- 12:00 hours
Austrian representation
14 Soi Nantha
Sathorn Tai Road Bangkok 10120
Telephone: (02)
287 3970-2
Telefax : (02)
287 3925
Open: Monday till Friday 9:00
hours -- 12:00 hours |
| Most
holidays in Thailand are mobile i.e. they don't go by the calendar known to us
but after the moon phases and the Thai Buddhistic calendar. We have the 8. for
the Asarnha Buchas in July on Wednesday day and the Buddhistic fasting day on
July. 9th. |
| At
the take-off of Thailand's airports a tax is imposed by 30 Bath for inland
flights per person. 500 Bath for international flights. For children less than
2 years no tax must be paid. The tax is paid for domestic flights at the check
into buttons to Phukets airport. For international flights the tax is paid to
the automaton built in the departure lounge, all Thai bills accept these. |
| Air
Mandalay Agent: Sky Bird Group, Poonpon Plaza, Phuket Town Tel.: 246200-2
Bangkok
Airways Yaowarat Road, Phuket Town Tel.: 225033
China Airways
Phuket Internat. Airport Tel.: 327099-100 Flughafen Tel.: 327230-5
Hong
Kong Dragon Air 37/52 Montri Road, Phuket Town Tel.: 215734
Korean
Airlines Agent: Crown Family Tour, Phuket Merlin Hotel, Phuket Town
Tel.: 234775-6
Lauda Air Bangkok Tel.: 02 535 2635
LTU Patong
Beach Tel.: 327432
Lufthansa Bangkok Tel.: 02 267 1235-7
Malaysian
Airlines Thung Road, Phuket Town Tel.: 216 675
Silk Air 183/103
Phang Nga Road, Phuket Town Tel.: 213891
Swissair Bangkok Tel.:
02 636 2150, 636 2160
Thai Airways 78 Ranong Road, Phuket Town National:
Tel.: 211 195, 212 946 International: Tel.: 212 499, 216 755, 216 678
Für
die Fluglinien: Air Lanka, Emirates Air und Eva Air Agent: Phuket Centre
Tour, 27 Rasada Road, Phuket Town Tel.: 212 892 |
| There
are English-speaking stations in almost all larger hotels, the "German
wave" isolatedly is also offered. |
| The
normal decency rules are valid here. There aren't special taboos and like to
let most Thais take a photograph of itself. UV filter recommends itself to
filter the strong UV light to bring it. Also pole filters are useful to
prevent reflections of the water surface or glass plates. |
| The
currency in Thailand is the Baht. 1 Baht is subdivided into 100 Satang. The
current exchange rate is taken to the newest stand daily for the banks and
exchange offices. A black market for the exchange isn't available and one can
swap everywhere in banks and exchange offices. Eurocheques accepts for for the
Thai farmer for bank against presentation from passport and eurocheque board
to the respectively valid maximum value and at most 4 Eurocheques per calendar
month. Transfers from Germany to Thailand and reversed aren't a problem
provided that one has an account at a Thai bank. For an account opening the
passport suffices. Traveller checks are cashed by the exchange offices and
banks after presentation of the passport.
The colors of the bills are:
1000 Baht weissgrau, 500 Baht violet, 100 Baht red, 50 Baht blue, 20 Baht
green and 10 Baht bills brown. The banks have partly opened, the exchange
offices also on Sundays and bank holidays, on working days of 8:30 to 15:30
till 22:00 hours. |
| Credit
cards are accepted in almost all business, hotels and restaurants, sometimes
an increase of 3 -5 % is lifted up, though. In case that you must stop your
credit cards here the numbers:
American quickly 02 2730022-44
Master/visas 02 2991990-2 |
| At
the visit of temples one should pay attention to correct clothes. It has to be
remarked for tourists that dirty or casual clothes are accepted badly with the
population. Liberal clothes will too excite Anstoss particularly with women.
This "above without" Baden or cooked nudism is forbidden and doesn't
correspond to the Thai morals idea. Certain clothes are specified in some
hotels and restaurants. Your footwear should also the cause adequately. |
| The
medical supply is good in whole Thailand, doesn't always comply with European
standard, however. You are supplied in Phuket well. The phone numbers of the
hospitals in the surroundings:
Bangkok Phuket
Hospital Phuket Town Tel.: 254 421/29
Mission Hospital Phuket
Town Tel.: 212 386
Phuket International Hospital Phuket Town Tel.:
249 400 Phya Thai Hospital Phuket Town Tel.: 252603-6 Patong
Kathu Hospital Patong Beach (smaller injuries) Tel.: 340 444 |
| Optician
& eye specialists: |
| You
find eye specialists in the hospitals mentioned above. You find opticians
mainly in Phuket Town.
Here a couple of phone numbers
of optician business in town.
Swiss Opticalian
& Watch Phuket Town Tel.: 256 215
Nam Slip Optical Phuket
Town Tel.: 211 460
Washington Optic 2 Phuket Town Tel.: 225 905 |
| The
post offices have opened from Monday till Friday from 8:00 to 16:30 hours.
Break of 12:00 hours till
13:00 hours. |
National
Museum
They find the museum in the
Thalang District, some hundred meters eastern of the famous "heroin
monument".
Phuket Orchid
Garden & Thai Village
This more hectare of orchid
garden filling out is due to an on the part of marked-out route of the
Thepkasatri Road on the north margin of the town.
Butterfly
Garden und Aquarium
Aren't the signposts to this
plant to overlook she lies northwest on the end of Phuket Town.
Wat Chalong
The known temple lies on the
way from Phuket Town to Chalong. The temple is frequented and in an excellent
status well if stamped also very touristly.
Wat Sirey
This one
wade one can Sirey achieve from Phuket Town with the Tuk Tuk since the small
island is connected to Phuket.
Marine Biologische
Institut mit angeschlossenem Aquarium
This lies navy's biological
institute with a connected aquarium south of Phuket Town.
Gibbon Rehabilitations
Projekt
In the Khao Phra Thaew national
park you find again a gibbon accustoms rehabilitation project, living captured
gibbons to this again in nature. Another entrance to the park is in an on the
part of marked-out route eastern of 3 km of Thalang at the Thepkassatri Road.
The park administration at which well-informed leaders can be rented for walks
also is here. |
| Electrical
power tension: |
| Don't
worry. It is as at home: 220 volts of 50 Hz |
| You
can vote directly to Europe in international telephone booths and in hotels as
well as at residence telephones. Conversations must be registered in the mail.
The prefix plus code number for Germany is 001 49 for Switzerland 001 41 and
for Austria 001 43, then area code without 0 and then the number of the port.
The normal rate which is charged to a telephone owner lies with approximately
51 Baht per minute for a conversation to Europe. One more charges to you, is
an additional income everything for what.
Public telephone booths in
Thailand are in color highlighted. A blue paint expels a telephone booth in
which a pay phone which you can pay with normal money coins is. These more
seldomly belong to the same category to finding red cells which accept only 1
Baht pieces and are interpreted for local conversations. Board telephone
booths are green and only can you speak on the phone to phonecards here. These
telephones partly are equipped also for international conversations, however,
what is at the cell written up. Responsible, it are the private company Lenso
for the yellow cells only international conversations are possible and also
only then, if you are in the possession of the special Lenso boards. One
receives all boards in supermarkets and in the magazine trade.
It has to be made sure at pay
phones that after the objection of 5 Baht pieces and the choice process a knob
must be pushed if the participant reports. You can otherwise him for you the
called hear but, but not. After the touch on the button fells the money into
the register and the conversation is unlocked. |
| Consider
that you are in the tropics. There are insects into wrapping and fullness.
Small lizards, called geckos, are found in every hotel room. These animals are
harmless and useful because they catch insects. Of course they also find
snakes, millipede and spiders, fundamentally more fear of you, however have
these animals, as turned around in Thailand. Contact in the case of a meeting
your hotel staff and leave the animal alone. |
| Tip
should be about 10% of the invoice amount. Tips usually aren't usual in cabs
or Tuk-Tuks as well as in small Thai's restaurants and at street stands. Some
restaurants calculate a service rank of 10% automatically. |
| You
find dental clinics equipped also well in the mentioned hospitals. There in
addition are private dentists.
Phone numbers of some dentists
in Phuket Town and Patong are:
Dental Health
Clinic Patong Beach Tel.: 340 713
Dental Care Clinic Phuket
Town Tel.: 215 025
Patong Dental Clinic Patong Beach Tel.: 342 887
|
| You
receive all large German language dailies and magazines in Phuket after
appearance in Europe one or two days. The prices are so high because of the
transportation approximately three times than in your native country |
| The
time lag is 5 to 6 hours depending on season (summertime). To find the time
out in her native country, they deduct the above-mentioned hours here of the
time of day. Example:
19:00 or 20:00 hours Thailand = 14:00 hours Frankfurt. |
| You
take into account, that none be allowed to Buddha statues be executed at
Thailand and antiques also be subject to certain guidelines. Buy no animals or
animal products which are produced by species of animals which are subject to
the Washington protection of species agreement. Think that popular fakings of
well-known manufacturers like Lacoste, Rolex, Gucci, boss etc. are subject to
the Copyrightschutz. These things can be confiscated by the custom at the
import to Europe. And primarily: Act. "Haggling" correctly will
certainly make Spass to them with the time. |
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