The border with Myanmar continues to the west and then south as far as the Malay peninsula, much of which is occupied by Thailand. On the east, the border with Laos meanders southeast along the Mekong River until it reaches Cambodia, which is due east of Bangkok, the Thai Capital.

In the south is the Gulf of Thailand. Roughly the size of France (200,000 sq. miles), Thailand is composed of four main regions.
 

Phuket Island
the Pearl of the Andaman

The map above was prepared as a fun and useful tool in helping you orientate yourself. Featured here, are the location of hotels, local businesses and of course the popular beaches.

Fondly referred as the "Pearl of the Andaman", the island possess remarkable beauty with tropical hillsides in the north and along the south and west. Once renown for its tin mines and rubber plantations, visitors now arrive looking for a place to relax and explore the scenery.

You can find rubber plantations but gone are the tin mines. The popular beaches are Patong, Kata and Karon, situated on the western part of the island with tidal mud flats in the east.

Distance From Phuket Town
 

Panwa	7 K.M.
Wat Chalong	8 K.M.
Kathu Distict	8 K.M.
Chalong Bay	11 K.M.
Heroine Monument	12 K.M.
Patong Beach	15 K.M.
Kata Beach	17 K.M.
Rawai Beach	17 K.M.
Naihan Beach	18 K.M.
Phromthep Cape	19 K.M.
Karon Beach	20 K.M.
Surin Beach	24 K.M.
Kamala Beach	26 K.M.
Naiyang Beach	30 K.M.
Phuket Airport	32 K.M.
Sarasin Bridge	42 K.M.