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Quenchers Bar and Restaurant

Nestled beneath the foothills on Nanai Road Patong, opposite the Makro Superstore is the new Quenchers Sports Bar and Restaurant. We boast 70 chairs, 3 large televisions showing live sporting events, ladies and gents toilets. We have an extensive menu …

Phuket fishing tourney to return March 2016

FISHING: The PGFC THAILAND 2016 “Classic” Sport Fishing Tournament will be held between the March 1-3 2016 “offshore” from the beautiful Similan Islands. Renowned as Thailand’s premium sport fishing area some 70 miles N/West of Chalong Bay, Phuket.

PHUKET NEWS TV: Phuket Xtra - August 14

PHUKET XTRA - August 14 Patongs beach-workers protest, Governor and Royal Thai Navy visit flooded areas, our foods costing more and a rorts and corruption on Phi Phu island. Plus another crazy dash-cam video. And the weather forecast is back too! Thanks to AKA Thailand. ‪#‎PhuketNewsTV‬ ‪#‎PhuketTV‬

Motoring: Twist the throttle

Test driving the new Ducati Hypermotard for the ultimate riding experience.

Uneasy Arctic neighbours

NORWAY: Residents of the remote Arctic settlement of Ny-Alesund never lock their homes – happy to sacrifice privacy for the option of barging through the nearest door if a polar bear attacks.

Phuket Opinion: Don’t blame it on the rain

PHUKET: Nature has made a grave statement across the Asian region this past week, in which nasty weather and subsequent widespread flooding have left thousands dead and tens of millions inundated or displaced, from India, Pakistan and Myanmar to the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and China.

Mob kills five Indian ‘witchesʼ

INDIA: Villagers in eastern India killed five women whom they accused of practising witchcraft, police said this week.

‘Beggarsʼ in their own land

PHILIPPINES: Philippine bush man Edward Serrano struck two rocks together and wrapped the faint spark in wood shavings, building a fire in much the same way Stone Age man must have done two million years ago.

Travelling the world

If you need any more of an excuse to escape your world and embark on an exciting journey, look no further than Henrik Jeppesen, whose mission is to be the World Record’s Youngest Traveller.

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