The Phuket Island Blog

Have you ever watched a movie named “Take The Lead” starring Antonio Banderas? In the movie, Pierre Dulaine (Banderas) invites a highly trained student to his detention session for a demonstration of the tango, which is very sexy. And that inspires the detention students to be more willing to learn how to dance. We don’t have be professional to be sexy on the dancefloor. If you know how to walk, you can dance.

Phuket also have the dance to offer. And when you are miles miles away from home perhaps engaging in Salsa dancing could be a good choice of activities as it’s fun and pretty cheap to learn Salsa here in Thailand (compared to what we have to pay for it back in Europe). Activate your life and fire up your sex appeal with the dance. You know it’s outrageously sexy. After few dances you might find yourself pursuing your inner passion in this stunning island.

There is a just opened Latin dance club in Phuket. If any of you live in Phuket or just travel to this resort island and interested in dancing whether social or sport dancing, feel free to check the place out. The club is on the second floor of notably “The Green Man” They offer many Latin dances; Salsa, Cha Cha, Samba, Bachata and some ballroom dance like Tango. The trainers are Didier – member of WDDSC World Dance & Dance Sport Council and Anna – member of the Sport Dancing Club of Phuket.

The Club has been covered in Phuket Post lately by Kit Harris. You can read the article here

Phuket might be on top of your to-see-before-die list. Last week, travel section of the New York Times has upgraded Phuket as one of the world’s 44 “most compelling destinations” to visit in 2009. See the rankings here.

Furthermore, The island is announced as the World Number One Luxury Destination… well, for 2009 at least. Believers and doubters should visit here for affirmation.

Here’s a part of the article.
“A paradise of mangroves, tropical islands and emerald coves set in electric-blue waters, the Andaman Coast is one of the world’s best-known beach destinations. It includes the island province of Phuket, the spectacular small island Ko Phi Phi, hopping Rai Le Beach and more sedate Khao Lak. Its vacation options range from some of the most luxe accommodations on the planet.”

Fiji Water’s a brand of water which is bottled at the source in a state-of-the-art plant sitting atop a gigantic aquifer, volcanic rocks rich with minerals that have stored water from rainfall some 450 years ago. It’s not been touched by human hands and not touch the open air EVER. And YES! It really is from Fiji Islands.

Now Fiji is brought in to our Phuket with the Opening Party on November 22nd at Whitebox in Kalim by Boonrawd Brewery which is also the importer of Corona Beer in Thailand. I was not so surprised to see many hoteliers and prominent local residents here since the party was aimed to introduce the new product to restaurants and hotels across the island.

Khun Chutinant Bhirombhakdi, the heir to the Boonrawd Brewery empire, came down from Bangkok to host the party himself. This guy is so cool. I was surprised to see him in politics couple years ago. Not just a businessperson, he is also a social animal and sportsman.

We often sees its distinctive square bottles in television shows and movies—it is the “in” thing as far as accessories are concerned for the Hollywood celebrities. People in U.S. have considered Fiji Water one of the top 10 things they cannot do without. Can you believe that???

[I'm so gonna drink it just because of her 'Megan Fox'.]

The explosive growth of this Fiji product comes not from millions of dollars spent on advertising, but from allowing the water itself to do the talking. The company has promoted its product by supporting causes like AIDS and breast cancer research through 10-kilometer runs and product placements in the entertainment industry. Word of mouth carries them the rest of the way with a distinct taste of soft freshness.

I’ve been looking for Fiji in Central Phuket Festival the other day but I can’t see any as it is not officially launched till the end of December. I don’t know how much it will cost a bottle of it here but if you’ve drunk Fiji before you might heard people say it’s overpriced.  But there is a price to every premium & niche brand, right?