Rawai Beach ...gypsy village. Thirty minutes offshore are Ko Bon and Ko Hae coral islands. The main hotel on Rawai is the Phuket Island Resort. The beach is not particularly good for swimming but...

Papaya ... its most popular use, green papayas are sliced into thin strips and ground together with dried shrimp, garlic, and hot chilies to produce a fiery salad called som tam. The ripe fr...