You might have already seen our story about pets in Thailand – our Geckos! (yes I know, it’s in German, but no problem, just click on the Google Translate button on the upper right corner of the blog, i.e.  , before you click on the above Gecko link.) Last Saturday, after our cooking class in [...]

Sea Bees Diving was one of the supporters of the Courtyards by Marriott Phuket celebration in February 2009. They celebrated their openings with a thank-you splurge at the Courtyard Patong. Holger, Alex and Julie were there for all guests and agents alike – and of course, in their traditional uniforms, for photo sessions all night [...]

Quite a few of our Sea Bees instructors and dive guides have been visiting Chalong Temple in the last week. Wat Chalong is a beautiful and well known Buddhist temple in between Chalong and Phuket Town. It is dedicated to two highly venerable monks, Luang Pho Chaem and Luang Pho Chuang, who with their knowledge [...]

Last week Sea Bees Diving invited 20 children from Phuket Sunshine Village for a day trip to Koh Maiton and Coral Island. The Phuket Sunshine Village (PSV) is an orphanage and a safe place for a better future. The PSV Foundation was established by Child Watch Phuket and the Lions Club Phuket Andaman Sea after [...]

Foreigners arriving without visas at any of Thailand’s non-airport immigration checkpoints will be granted permits-to-stay of only 15 days from now on. Foreigners from any of the 40 countries eligible for “visa exemptions” can now legally reside in Thailand year-round, provided they don’t mind making a “visa run” every 15 days. Foreigners arriving by air [...]

In the north west of Phuket you can find Mai Khao beach, the longest beach in Phuket with seventeen kilometres of undeveloped beach front. Adjacent to the Sirinath Marine National Park, Mai Khao is a protected sea turtle nesting area. On this beach leatherback turtles can be regularly found as they go there to lay [...]

So we told you about the new Full Moon Party here in Phuket and now we’ve been to check it out for you. You may be very glad to know that it’s not the crazy 24 hour beach party you might find in Koh Phangan – here in Phuket we do things with a little [...]

So, did you think that the Full Moon Party only happens in Koh Phangan in the Gulf of Thailand? Well not anymore. Last month we had our own full moon party here at Karon Beach, and it’s due to be the first of many. The first party happened on August 16th, and to be honest [...]

The Phuket Gazette reported this week about a sea turtle recovering well after the veterinarians of the Phuket Marine Biological Center had to amputate her front left flipper early June this year. Named Hope by members of the Mai Khao Sea Turtle Foundation that rescued the turtle, the 13-kilogram turtle is thought to be about [...]

Here is a great shoppers’ guide for the right products at the right price for all the boys! and girls, who like shopping as much as I do – ehm, I mean as much as we all do This shopping guide was published in MyPhuket Magazine, a really cool magazine published every 2 months and [...]