1 Wat Chalong

"You did not visit Phuket if you didn't visit Wat Chalong". A must see. Buy some flowers or fireworks and lit a candle.
4 Land & Houses

One of the first Villa Park's for foreigners in Phuket.
7 Business Center


Business Center, including the Wine Connection, a lot of imported wines, beers and liquor.
Nearby is Flins-one (formerly knows as Flintstone) Bakery. They had to remove the "t" due to legal issues. Freshly baked bread and home made foreign food.
8 Haa Jek
Haa means 5 in Thai. The 5 way roundabout. Every Thai and Taxi driver knows "Haa Jek" in Chalong. Handy to learn this word "Haa Jek".
9/10 Post Office


Post office for your mail, packets or EMS. Opposite is a Thai School.
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11 Chalong Bay



Good dining opportunities here. Main point for boats leaving to different small beautiful islands.
14 Green man Pub

English Pub. ( Website)
18 Gym and Fatty's


Gym (900 Baht a month unlimited). Nearby is Fatty's, German and International food. Menu sample.
19 Police station

Wear a helmet or use your belt and carry an International driver license, or you have to pay your fine here. Police is checking more and more.
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Gasoline stations


3 Gasoline stations. The prices at Shell for September 2006: 1 liter about 30 Thai Baht (= 0.8$ = 0.63 €)
Banks


3 Banks, Siam Commercial Bank, Ayutha Bank and Kasikorn Bank. International money transfer, Western Union, open up a bank account. Many ATM's available. Almost every 7/11 has an ATM also.
Shops

Computer shops, Bakeries, 3 Big supermarket's, Travel agencies, clinics and dentists.
View on Chalong Bay


We took these pictures from Chalong Bay in August 2006.
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