Phuket Supporters: Read People's comments and support to Phuket Island

We would like to thanks all the people who visited our site and gave us support and hope in the past weeks. You are all amazing.
We wish to publish all these wonderful messages, to show you how much it helped Phuket.
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Name: Dave Ricci
Country: USA
Message:
First of all I would like to thank you sooooo very much for all of the pictures and insight into the going's on in Phuket. To see the strength and character of the Thai and Farang visitors is inspiring. It has been a highlight in my day for many weeks. I too was planning a trip to Phuket in Jan. 2005. As a direct influence of your website and your photo's, I continued on with my journey and spent 5 wonderful days in Phuket. I am so glad that I did. This being my fourth visit to Phuket and my most rewarding. Thanks a million and keep up the good work. Regards, Dave Ricci

Name: Liv Veronica and fireman Truls
Country: norway
Message:
Hey, we see you have pictures of the familt who worked on the beach near Kamala beach hotel, with sunbeds and sandwishes. Ahn, his younger brother, father, mother, uncle and aunt. We are so glad to see that they are alive. We have been thinking of them. If you can: please send our best wishes from Fireman Truls and Liv Veronica from Norway.(Kamala Beach November 2003)

Name: Christina, Mikael and Sophia
Country: Sweden
Message:
We wish to thank Phuket Dot Com for allowing the world to take part of Willy´s documentation and progress through pictures! A picture says a thousand words! And seeing is believing. We are totally amazed at the rate all is being repaired and returning back to as "normal" as possible. However, we know that there is much pain and sorrow behind these smiles as well. We truely feel for you. We shall continue to vacation in Thailand and it is our hope others shall do the same. We shall also spread the word....but YOU have already done so through pictures! God Bless! We wish you all the very best. You surely deserve it!

Name: Doris
Country: switzerland
Message:
Hello Phuket dot com Team,
let me thank you for all your work and pictures you made during the weeks after the wave. So we(2 neighbour families and my family) decided to come to patong. We will arrive tomorrow and I hope to drink an espresso at starbucks and to see many dogs a day... :-))
Greeze from switzerland under snow

Name: Steve & Christine McCarthy
Country: United Kingdom
Message:
Just a brief note to say thanks for the website. We have just returned from a fantastic holiday in Phuket and will definitely go back again next year. Like most people we were unsure what it would be like when we arrived. We needn't have worried ! The people were as friendly as ever and made us feel very welcome. For anyone who has a trip planned go and enjoy this great place....it's also a good way of supporting the Thai people too.

Name: Jutta u. Rolf Berg
Country: Germany
Message:
This is to say "Thank you" to you and the team of Phuket.com. This page is my "step into the day" every day again and again after the terrible tsunami. Thank you for all the work you did to inform us about this wonderful place which had so hard to fight against the nature. My english is not perfect but I hope you will understand. Me and my husband we come again to Phuket to meet all the people who made our last holiday unforgetable for us. But we are still looking for Penn and Lath - we dont know if they are well. They were working in one of the food courts but we cannot recognize at the pictures. If you have any time to look for them, we would appreciate very much to hear from you. We already put an add in phuket gazette but nobody answers. We come again in Sept. / Oct 2005 and you can be sure, we will try to meet you. The man who informed us daily about our "other home" phuket, where every smile is warmer ...... Thanks a lot for all your work.
Love
from Jutta & Rolf

Name: Sweden 78
Country: sweden
Message:
My had my first time in thailand in feb and I must say that it was my best holiday in life,
Thank you

Name: Norm McEntee
Country:
Message:
Many many thanks for your' wonderful and at times very sad photos of an area I visit regularly and love dearly.
I envy you being there to witness this terrible moment in the history of this wonderful country and hope when I next visit Patong that all will be back to normal.One only has to understand the resillience of the amazing Thai people to know that they will overcome this disaster.
Once again many thanks and keep up the good work.
Norm McEntee

Name: Tommy& Inger Karlén
Country: Gotland-Sweden
Message:
Hi we look at your side offen ,and are happy to se yhe sabai-sabai is open again and all the nice staff there. we use to stay at hotel Ramabourin in Phatong Nice people they are all right ,we call them.
after tsunami
we has ben 12-13 times in Thailand
in 5 years and we comming back in mars/april we also se Janne at Savoy
at Tv in Sweden and it look ok
koh lanta is verry Nice, and all Thai people is the best we ever meet so we be Back soon

Name: Tina de Ruijter
Country: Holland
Message:
Thank you for making a photo of number 7 the old lady, that's our friend for so many years. Now we know she is alive and we can see her at 14 march when we arrive. We want to try to help our thai friends.

Name: Ruppert Postler
Country: Germany
Message:
Hello, I search pictures from a small beach restaurant called "seaview". It was located not far away from the Best Western Bang Tao Beach Resort Hotel. About 100m from the Resort, only 5 minutes walk direct at the beach. I hope the guys from the restaurant are well and nobody was injured by the wave. Thank you very much for any photo or message. I'm looking forward to your reply.
Ruppert.

Name: andrew
Country: england
Message:
hi i have been going to sweet restaurant on patong beach for 10 years now,could you tell me if all the people who work there are ok and i am coming to phuket in april would the hotel be opened then.thankyou very much andrew

Name: Charlotta
Country: Sweden
Message:
I have been twice to Phuket, last time was in April this year. It has been very nice to be able to see photos of the "coming-back". But I have been thinking about Freedom Beach near Patong, I have not found any pictures. What happened there and does the beach and restaurant exist (again)?

Name: Amanda du Plessis
Country: South Africa
Message:
Sincere thanks for all the hard work. I am a true lover of Phuket and all the people who live there. The tenacity and the love of all of you on the island is a lesson for all of us. PS: Could you please start a cat a week too??? I remember feeding some kittens and their Mummy the last time I stayed at Banthai Beach. I send you loving thoughts and a love of all things good. From Cape Town, South Africa.

Name: Marianne
Country: Norway
Message:
Sawaddee!I would like to send a big hug, and thank you for showing the world how the people from Thailand rebuild their businesses and lives. We are looking forward to visit Kamala again in november, and to meet our good friends again then. If you go to Kamala Beach to take more photos, could you please show us how Nui and Chai are getting along with their restaurant EAD, next to the police station? We would appreciate that very much. Thank you again for your good work... :-)
Maia and Rolf, Norway

Name: Dave
Country: Australia
Message:
thanks for all the photos they have been great. Are you able to take some news ones of the Merlin Beach

Thank you

Name: Bella
Country: Germany
Message:
Hello,
first of all, thank you for the website and all the informations and pictures you have showed us everyday. We are Thailand and Phuket lovers and we are happy to see that life is still going on there. Thanks to all the people who have help to rebuild the place.
We are counting the days till March 7th when we are ready to go to Phuket. PHUKET we are coming, looking forwrds to see you all in two weeks.

Name: Detlev Bouda
Country: Switzerland
Message:
Hi Willy
I visit your very good photo page every day and would like to say: Thank you and all the team of phuket.com very much for your wonderful work! You did a really great job!!
I'll be in Patong soon and maybe I may offer you a coffee at Starbucks, as a small reward ;-)
Best regards
Detlev

Name: Erb Herbert
Country: Schweiz
Message:
You did a great job, I look every day on the site to see the progress.
We come back in December 2005 and stay in the Banthai Beach Hotel.
Take care and all the best.

Name: patricia norderstal
Country: Sweden
Message:
Hi, I was at Phi Phi Island in november and had a wonderful guide called "Ricky". Our family have tried to get hold of information what have happen to him and his family. He was a longtail bot guide/driver/owner. If we could somehow get in contact with somebody who know enything about him. I would appriciate it. We asked him if we could send him the photos we took of him and our family and he said, just send it to Ricky phi phi island, so his last name was not important he said to us.

Best Regards
Patricia Norderstal

Name: Moira Jooste
Country: South Africa
Message:
You are doing a wonderful job. Thank you for photos of Seaview Patong even if it is not ready yet. Go well - we will come visit later this year.

Name: Amanda du Plessi
Country: South Africa
Message:
You are all such an inspiration to us that I feel humbled and for this I thank you. I need to ask a rather silly question but - do you know what happened to the Ronald McDonald who sat on the bench outside of McD's - I remember a time when someone had stuck a cigarette in his mouth and the image still makes me smile! Greetings from Cape Town and once again thank you for helping resotre my faith in human nature.

Name: AnneMarie&Theo
Country: netherlands
Message:
Thanks to your wonderfull site, we did not hesitate for a moment to come to your wonderfull island in march! We have the feeling we just have to come, and be part of your community for a short time, I know we are going to love it!
Our hearts still go out to all the people who suffered by this tidal wave, and if we can do something to help while there, we are more than willing to do so.
Thanks again, you are doing a wonderfull job,
Kind regards, AnneMarie&Yheo

Name: Mr. Niels Anker S. Larsen
Country: Denmark
Message:
Dear Sirs
Thank you for your wonderfull site showing how hard you are working on rebuilding Phuket Island.
We visit Kamala Beach Hotel for 3 weeks march/april 2000. During the Songkran. We have been in contact with the managements from Kamala Beach Hotel and it was nice to hear That all the staff survived the disaster at dec. 26. We are concerned about the girls at the beach just in front of the hotel, where we could rent sunbeds´, umbrellas and getting wonderfull Thaimassage direct on the beachfront. Specially one of them is in our hearts. She was called "Mam" I thing she was the leader of the girls and she had a little shop in the nice curvy street that enden in Beach Road near the school. Mam´s shop was on the opposite site of the school close to bars, turistinformation, restaurants and other shops. We could buy t-shirts, clothes, cold drinks etc. We spend lots of time in her company. We was a family living on 2.th floor at the beachfront behind the little house where there was a taylorshon in ground floor. We was mum, dad (me) 2 children Cathrine 11 y.o, Christian 1½ y.o. and my mother 79 y.o. Every morning when we wake up Mam invited us to visit her. Please help us to investigat if she and the other girls are in good condition. We are planning a new trip to Kamala and would be happy to see them all again.

Name: heike
Country: germany
Message:
thank you a lot for the interesting photos. they helped me a lot. but I'm looking for a person: a wonderful man, who was cleaning the beach the whole day.he walks alog there with a basket. he have had an accident a few years ago and he had a broken arm. do you know anything about him? thank you a lot and kind regards from heike (we spent our holiday in patong - impiana cabana - a few day before tsunami

Name: Etienne Bossuyt
Country: BELGIUM
Message:
Very kind of you the fotos of PHUKET. I come back end of the year to Holiday-Inn. Can you give the last fotos of this hotel? And of SoWat and Sirivarin? I cannot find them!

Name: Andrew Robinson
Country: France
Message:
Dear phuket.com
I booked my ticket Europe to BKK back in November and have just finalised all the onward flights/accom etc. today for my trip mid-March. What convinced me not to cancel my trip was Willy's photos. I followed them, not every day, but regularly - and when friends here said "you're going there?!", I said, "Yes, of course, I'm following progress on this great website". I'm not coming there to do charity work, I'm coming for a great holiday (my first visit) and it's down to you.
Well done in keeping the progress reports going for so long.
Best regards
Andrew Robinson

Name: kathy harvet
Country: united states
Message:
The Thai people seem to be so industrious and happy. We are coming to Phuket Mar 26th via The Star Flyer. We are staying a week in Phuket to celebrate our anniversary (40 Yrs) and to enjoy the island. WE are so looking forward to our visit. Thank you for your continued pictures. Regards, Kathy

Name: slaets sam
Country: belgium lint
Message:
i was there in 2003 now i see the photo's, this is special moment for me, i hope eveybody in phuket the best special the patong welness center (jee and tuk tuk)
now i see everyday to photo's for memorie

Name: brian and nuai young
Country: UK
Message:
thank you for your photos as we have seen our friend from patong beach dated 18th feb 2005, the mama from the beach who we have seen and spend a lot of time with over the last 5 years. and we are comming back thius year again to meet up with old friends again . thanks for that picture as it has finnaly put our minds at rest. and a big well done for all the effort you have done. brian and amnuai young

Name: peter williams
Country: australia
Message:
just got back from phuket and it was great.Anyone worried about going to phuket dont be everything was wonderful good luck to all in phuket.See you all again as soon as i can, cant wait to come back again.Phom rak khun Thailand .

Name: Richard Worne
Country: USA
Message:
I was so pleased to see pictures of Laem Singh beach today on your website I almost cried.I thought that Ali might have perished along with the other wonderfull people I met at that jewel..thanks so much

Name: Pam
Country: UK
Message:
Have just found your website and have found all the information and photography of the Island really interesting.The efforts of the people of Phuket to put their lives and businesses back together after the Tsunami is an indication of the courage and determination of the Thai people. I am coming to Phuket with my husband in March. We have holidayed in Thailand three times before and it definately is a special place or us. A few years ago we stayed in Phuket, and always intended to return. Looking forward to experiencing the warmth and hospitality of Thailand once more.

Name: Marie
Country: France
Message:
First, thank you very much for all these photos. I was in Phuket in the beginning of december and I am very upset for you all. I'm always thinking about the women who made the massage on Kata Beach in front of Club Med specially Aicha who was so nice with me.Can you tell me if she is all right. I am far from you but I don't forget you and I hope that Phuket will go back as before this drama. I pray for everyone who has suffered.

Name: Henry Quek
Country: Singapore
Message:
Thank you for the wonderful photo coverage of Phuket. When the Tsunami disaster struck, I was dumb-founded and totally devastated by the news. I have been travelling to Phuket every year without fail for the last 20 years and planning to make my retiremnt home there.
I was there from 7-l4 Feb 2005 and my only hope is tourists and locals alike should go back quickly and support the tourism industry of which the people of Phuket are so dependent on. There is no fear about anything as everything is back to normal and nature is more beautiful than ever. There is even rumours about spirits roaming. This is rather unfounded. We should pray for the restful peace but knowing the people of Thailand and those who went as tourists, their spirits will be alright and I am sure they would want everyone to go back to this lovely place so as not to create more misery for the living.
Please return and make this lovely island alive again.

Name: Elenor Larsson
Country: Sweden
Message:
Hallo! Thank you for the wonderful photos you gaved us, we are going back to Patong for the third time in march 15, but what happends to the restaurant near the coffeshop? A little bit down in the street we lived in a small guesthouse called something like Beach inn there was some sisters, they owned it together, please tell us about it. Your pictures helped us to come back again. Thank you very much. Love from elenor and my family.

Name: mick martin
Country: australia
Message:
thank you very much for your work
i sent in a request to get you to take a pic of a couple of frends i have in patong the very next day the pic's wore there
outstanding work
i still would like to contact this person to offer some support his bisness would have been wrecked in the tsunami charlies beach services
regards
mick

Name: Mauro
Country: Italy
Message:
Hi there, we are an italian couple will coming there next week. So, we can have the opportunity to take there some things for who need. For example baby and kids clothes... Can you please let me know the name of some one would accept those things or the phone number where I can call. Sure you'll understand I wait you're urgent replay. I wrote again last week but no one aswer yet...
Ballarin Mauro
Italy

Name: Ralph
Country: Saudi Arabia
Message:
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. For updating the website so often and keeping us informed with the truth about what happened and how the Phuket people are putting their lives back together. I have just got back from a 3 day trip to Patong Beach and I enjoyed every minute. The people are so positive about everything. I will certainly be back there soon.

Name: keith smith
Country: Wales
Message:
discovered your site yesterday whilst looking for details of hotels in Patong beach,I think its a terrific site and I have spent most of the past 12 hours browsing thru it. I was in Patong Nov last, returning home 5 weeks before the event so I remember Patong as iot was and its wonderful to see the work being done to bring it back to its former self.The thai people must be admired, also many westerners too who are helping.
I bought my plane ticket last week and intend to return in july 25, I hope many more will follow me as i'm sure they will.
thanks and good luck!

Name: thom
Country: wales
Message:
we hope you recover asap we have had many happy holidays in patong and will be there in the near future

Name: lene thomhav
Country: denmark
Message:
Thank you so much for all the fine photos you are taken. We are 4 persons - their are comming the 8. of march 2005, it is the l0. times we are comming back. Is it possible we can see some photos from kata beach - the restaurant - where we allways eat - every day - it is /was KATA BARBAQUE

Name: Kan
Country: The netherlands
Message:
Great initiative! I have been wandering through the photos for hours allready. It's nice to see things are shaping up again. I'll Definately be back later this year. RESPECT! and love from Amsterdam...

Name: Peter Groessler
Country: Australia
Message:
A million thanks for your brilliant photos. As you can imagine as I have been going to Phuket for 25 years my heart is there with the people and the country and it is good to see it being "reborn" so quickly. Hope to be back in a fortnight and will come and visit your office. I always stayed at "Casuarina Bungalows" which was owned by Mama Duck's family (Hongyok)and was demolished by tsunami, hopefully it will be rebuilt soon, it was part of my life.
Thanks again and best wishes to all,
Peter (Perth, Western Australia)

Name: neal jones
Country: u.k
Message:
Hope all the loverly people we met in phuket 2 years ago are well along with your families.hope all the staff at horizon beach are fit and well, and hope to see you all in november 2005 best wishes to all neal+sandra jones in yeovil somerset.we have tried to contact javid at the hotel but with no luck.

Name: Kerry & Grant Hamilton
Country: UK
Message:
Dear Friend,
As like everyone around the world, we too were deeply saddened and shocked by the terrible Tsunami on Boxing Day. We visited Patong in Phuket in February 2004 for a family wedding. We felt greatly welcomed by the Thai people and found Thailand itself to be a stunning and spectacularly beautiful place. We want to let anyone know, who may read this to please visit Thailand to experience what we did and not let this tragedy change travellers views. We will DEFINITELY return to Thailand as soon as we can! Until then we wish everyone in Thailand all our best wishes and love! xx

Name: artemieff peter
Country: Belgium
Message:
I really like the photogallery , we are coming to Phuket on the 10 of april , so we can follow how everything is going on . Thanks
greetings

Name: David Brokaw
Country: U.S.A.
Message:
Thank you for your hard work and dedication with the cleanup. The pictures are fantastic. Do you know "The Original One massage"? I have a friend that works there, I would like to know if she is safe. Her name is Da. I will return to Phuket for the 6th time soon.
D.L.B.

Name: sydney bailey
Country: england
Message:
just to say i am soooo looking forward to coming back after 5 years and i am glad to be part of the recovery.

Name: Ineke Jansen
Country: Netherlands
Message:
Hello!!! Thank you for the photos on this site. Good to see the progress after the tsunami!I want to come to Patong this year. I visit Patong many thimes alraedy and look forewards to come again! Two times i was staying in the Seaview hotel together white my man children and grandchild. Hope they can opening soon so that we can come again!!!
Ineke Jansen

Name: George Corridon
Country: USA
Message:
Molly Malones Pub next to the Mc Donalds across from the beach. Did it survive? My granddaughter would only eat their food for our entire stay at Patong Beach.Good memories!!

Name: mally
Country: England
Message:
I would like to say how happy I am to see Phi Phi being rebuilt. My uncle lived on Phi Phi for many years running Charlie Bar, in Charlie Beach Resort. I have visited Thailand many times and always felt at ease and comfortable whilst being in a strange country.
If you could send me any updates that you have on the rebuild of the island, I would be greatfull.
Thanks Mal

Name: Sue Taylor
Country: UK
Message:
We are hopeing to visit phi phi in march will any hotels be ready to stay in great web site thanks

Name: Juergen Balser
Country: Germany
Message:
Thanks for so excellent photos.I found ut form Kamala and ali from Leam singh bay. I;m very happy to see that all people live. I visit them all in March and April and take my son Maximilian 7 years old for holiday there. all the best for you and thanks for all. joghurt

Name: R Watson
Country: Australia
Message:
I cannot stop thinking about all the beautiful people in Phuket and hope everyone we met is safe. We were a family of 5 there in Phuket before, during and after the tragic tsunami hit. We were staying at Patong Merlin Hotel and hope all the other guests are safe. I'd like to know if the massage girls across from our hotel are okay. If anyone knows please reply. I'd love to hear from other people who stayed at Patong Merlin during this time.
My thoughts and prayers go out to each and every person affected.

Name: Marilyn and Denise
Country: Tasmania, Australia
Message:
We have been looking at your pictures daily and are really impressed with the progress that has been made around Patong beach. Love the pictures of Starbucks as it was a favourite spot for us when we were in Patong last December. We still have not heard from the tailors at Majestic Fashions (Arun and Rajah). We have sent several e-mails but have got no answer. Saw a picture of a tailor with same name at the Seapearl--did they move from Soi Post Office? If you get a chance, we would love to see a picture of Arun and Rajah so we know they are OK. Also, We agree with other messages---would love to have a picture of the photographer. You have been doing a fantastic job-keep up the good work. Hope to meet you when we visit Patong in November.

Name: Finn Oshaug
Country: Norway
Message:
Thanks for many photos. It's good to see the progress in Patong. I've been in Patong every year since 1999. I'm coming back in May this year. I've try to look at the photos for a massagelady called Phong, but not yet. Maybe you can find her. Thanks again. Keep going. Take care. With love from Norway. Kind regards Finn

Name: Lyle
Country: United States
Message:
The photos are great, Thank you !

Name: jo boxall
Country: england
Message:
How fantastic to see everyone is ok on Laem Sing. We were there in Nov 04 and were devastated about the tsunami. We were really worried about the guys on the beach cause they were so friendly. Especially the man with the limp who puts out the umbrellas and beds. I just hope the guy who sells watches is ok. He did great deals with my partner and even was happy for us to go to his home. If poss can you let us know because we were going to visit again in may.
It was our first visit to thailand and i cant compare it with anywhere else!
Best wishes to everyone on the beach they were fab.
Jo Boxall Souhampton

Name: Johan Berglund
Country: Sweden
Message:
Thanks for a great homepage, it´s intresting for us to see how the rebilding of Phuket is going. We were there 2 years ago and hope to come back some day. We would like to see more photos from Karon beach resort if it´s possible. Thanks again and we will visit this page for updates.
Johan & Sofia

Name: Silbi
Country: australia
Message:
i went to phuket one month before the tsunami and i had a really great time there and hope i can go again these school holidays
it truly is the best holiday destination

Name: loretta Morrison
Country: usa
Message:
hello out there, just want to say that I was in Phuket last week. It was beautiful visiting Surin Beach and meeting the wonderful people on the island. It was my first time to Asia and I wanted to show my support for the tourist industry there. I will be back!!! regards, Ms.L.Morrison

Name: Rob Culloton
Country: Australia
Message:
It is great to see the photos , to see the improvement over the last seven weeks . I have been to phuket 2 times and made some great friends and i can tell you i will be back in august and many times after . Can you tell me how the horizon beach hotel in patong is going i stayed there its a gr5eat hotel . All the best to every one in thailand
Rob

Name: Keith Westwood
Country: England
Message:
A big thank you to the Phuket.com team for the great work you have done. To be able to see all the progress that has been made over the weeks and to be able to see so many people that we know has been fantastic. Well done - see you all in 3 weeks.

Name: Bertina Fransen-Wickermann
Country: Germany
Message:
Thank you very much for this interesting photo-gallery. Do you have a picture of the beach bar form Mr. Hep "the man you can trust"??