Phuket is the biggest island
in Thailand. Phuket is also a province located in the southern of the country.
The Sarasin Bridge connects it to the country. There is now a new bridge next
to the Sarasin Bridge due to the weakness of the bridge today, it can’t hold
bug trucks driving on them.
Phuket have had many names
throughout the history. It was known to the Europeans as Junk Ceylon. It was actually called Thalang
before.
Phuket is known for it’s
beautiful beaches and mountains. It was also known for Tin mining.
Phuket is a place with a high
amount of tourists.
Phuket town has unique
buildings called the Chino-Portuguese buildings; it was built by the Chinese
people that came into Thailand a long time ago for the tin and the resources
that Phuket has.
Phuket is a city in Thailand
that has a really interesting background. The thing that made foreigners most
interested in Phuket a long time ago was the rich natural resources. Including Tin, Gold, Lead, Coal and other
kinds of precious stones.
We have a landmark called the
Heroines monument, built in 1967. The monument is of Lady Chan and Lady Mook,
who disguised as men to go to war with the Burmese that attacked their
homeland. They disguised to make the Burmese people think that they were not
outnumbered; they eventually won against the Burmese army.
Phuket also has a lot of
tourists, but due to the Tsunami in December 26th of 2004, just
right after Christmas made the tourist faded away, because of the fear that the
tsunami might come back. About 250 people were dead on the day of the tsunami.
Patong beach was completely abolished it’s a disastrous incident that will
always be in people’s mind.
Eventually the amount of
tourist came back and increased even more.
Phuket is a lovely place that
you should surely visit, even though there have been events that might lead
people to think Phuket is not a safe place to visit.
