http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/index.php MacMurph.com Sharing Photos and Stories http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/album.php?album_id=3954&showowner=1&showmember=glasson http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/album.php?album_id=3952&showowner=1&showmember=glasson It's mating time in the Everglades!!! The egrets are starting to grow and display the mating plumage. http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/album.php?album_id=3949&showowner=1&showmember=Eeva Wat Chalong is the largest and most important Buddhist Temple on Phuket Island.
'Wats - or Buddhist temples - are among the most important symbols of Thailand, partly because the majority of Thais are Buddhist and partly because they are so beautiful. In Phuket alone, there are 29 Buddhist temples spread around the island.
In fact, this small island is also home to many other religions. There are Hindu and Sikh temples, Christian churches, mosques and Chinese shrines. Outside the wats there are also many more Buddhist shrines.'

http://www.phuket.com/magazine2/focus.htm
http://wikitravel.org/en/Chalong_Bay http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/album.php?album_id=3948&showowner=1&showmember=Eeva These three beach resorts are very touristic, especially Patong Beach, full of hotels, restaurants, McDonalds, Starbucks, shops, nightclubs, bars etc. The quietest of these beaches is the southest, Kata Noi.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Patong_Beach
http://wikitravel.org/en/Kata_Yai_Beach
http://wikitravel.org/en/Kata_Noi_Beach http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/album.php?album_id=3947&showowner=1&showmember=Eeva The Jui Jui Temple in Phuket town is dedicated to a vegetarian god, Kiu Wong In, whose statue can be admired on the altar. His red face colour does not indicate fierceness but, according to Chinese symbolism, benevolence. Also interesting are the carved entrance doors of the temple.

http://www.inm-asiaguides.com/thailand/phuket/epktpkt.htm
http://wikitravel.org/en/Phuket_Town http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/album.php?album_id=3946&showowner=1&showmember=Eeva We had a lunch in this lovely little eatery in central Phuket. The food was REALLY SPICY HOT! The ladies in the picture are the owner and her daughter and they were watching with interest if we are able to eat the meal or not. We were and the ladies were very happy that we loved their cooking. http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/album.php?album_id=3945&showowner=1&showmember=Eeva We happened to be in Phuket during Chinese New Year and the town was decorated with red Chinese lanterns. http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/show_journal.php?journal_id=91&showmember=MacMurph http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/show_journal.php?journal_id=90&showmember=MacMurph http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/show_journal.php?journal_id=89&showmember=kmckendry http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/show_journal.php?journal_id=88&showmember=MacMurph http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/show_journal.php?journal_id=86&showmember=MacMurph http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/show_journal.php?journal_id=85&showmember=MacMurph http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/show_journal.php?journal_id=84&showmember=glasson