360 Degree Coffee - Andaman Viewpoint
I do like to explore my environment and I am lucky that my wife is the same.
Not everyone is the same of course - we have friends who have lived years in Phuket and have not been to half the places on this blog.
Other friends here, as well as visitors, use my blog to find ideas of what to do. Starting the blog was a good excuse to take Saturday drives around the island looking for places of interest.
We still do this, and if we see side roads that have yet to be explored we normally follow them.
Phuket is big enough that there are still places I have not seen, and it's important to remember that "Phuket Island" is connected to the mainland by the Sarasin bridge - just 500 meters from Phuket and you are in Phang Nga province.
From our house, it's about a 40 minute drive to the bridge, so Phang Nga is easily reached.
Last month we had a little holiday, staying 2 nights at the Cliff and River Jungle Resort on the edge of Khao Sok national park.
From home to there is about a 3 ½ hour drive via Khao Lak and Takua Pa.
On the way back we stopped to explore a little town called Sri Takua Pa, and then just before Phuket we followed a sign to "Andaman Viewpoint", just a few km north of the bridge.
We had seen the sign before and not thought there could be much of a view, but we were in exploring mood this time.