- About suitcases
- From souvenir to souvenir …
- What to bring delicious from Phuket?
- Alcohol
- Jewelry
- Leather products
- Hot batik
- Wooden dishes and miscellaneous trinkets
Going to Phuket, try not to stuff your suitcases with things - the thought that it is easier to buy here than to bring it makes the most direct sense. There are so many affordable and good goods in this place that the question of what to bring from Phuket is not at all idle, but very actual. At the same time, it is important not only to buy, but also to fly inexpensively with purchases by plane. So go on vacation light and return with full suitcases.
About suitcases
You can buy them here on every corner. Moreover, it is inexpensive. And not because Thais are such impossible travel lovers. Suitcases are sold for tourists for whom Phuket is a Mecca for good shopping.
Products from well-known brands are not at all uncommon here. In this case, we are not talking about copies, but about completely normal original stamps. The products of well-known brands are sewn right there, in Thailand, therefore it is cheaper to buy a dress or shoes from well-known companies here than in Europe. Thus, if you need high-quality and inexpensive shopping, then you need to take from home or buy a suitcase on the spot and go to boutiques and shopping centers.
From souvenir to souvenir …
If we talk about buying souvenirs or just unusual, purely Thai products, which is a gift from overseas countries, then you need to choose goods from a different range. Let's dwell on it.
If we talk briefly about handicrafts, then they can be conditionally divided according to the materials from which they are made. Let's just say: the basis of the souvenir industry is made up of products made from natural traditional materials, namely: leather; wood; seafood (shells, pearls, including river pearls); gifts of the earth (fruits, essential oils of flowers, vegetable oil). Let's dwell on each of the types of gifts for friends and acquaintances.
What to bring delicious from Phuket?
Fruit is the easiest thing to buy and bring home to everyone's joy. Moreover, if your friends have not been to these places yet, they will be surprised and delighted by exotic fruits. The mango tolerates the flight very well, however, the rest of the fruits are not so capricious and are sold in a package convenient for the flight. We recommend buying something like these sweet gifts: dragon eye; mangosteen; rhombutans; herring; longan; durian, etc. Fruits cost a penny in Thailand, and the pleasure of them is sea. So you can't go wrong if you buy a little bit of all sorts of exotic things.
In addition to fruits, you can bring a variety of oils as a gift - essential and coconut, for example. In Thailand itself, they go to the manufacture of beautiful natural cosmetics, which they also willingly take for presents. A huge selection of products for spa treatments and a variety of creams, handmade soaps and other beauty products based on natural extracts and oils.
However, without knowing the type of skin and the preferences of the person to whom the gift is intended, it is difficult to advise on the choice of cosmetics. But what would be a safe bet is coconut oil, which most women adore. A bottle is inexpensive, it is better to take it in pharmacies (there it is more expensive, but of better quality) or in stores, but not on the market.
Tiger balm is another common item that people usually look for as gifts for the older generation. The warming and anti-inflammatory ointment has excellent properties and healing effect.
Alcohol
Alcohol can be consumed here from the age of 20, but you will not see real restrictions if you do not violate public order. There is a lot of alcohol in Phuket, you can take a lot of exotic things with you. For example, Chang or Singha beers are traditional beers and are sold everywhere. Spirits are usually whiskey and rum. Rum tastes better than the local whiskey drink. However, for the sake of exoticism, both options can be cited. But you can buy the most perfect exotic in the form of a poisonous snake in alcohol only after studying the instructions for use. It is known that the Thai is good, the Russian can be bad.
Jewelry
The famous Thai sapphires and rubies, which are mined in the province of Kanchanuburi, are famous all over the world. Therefore, it is quite affordable and possible to buy it here in Phuket. However, Phuket itself is considered the capital of pearl mining, which is also used to make chic jewelry. In jewelry stores in the largest city in Thailand, you can buy products from emeralds and South African diamonds, topaz and garnet and other precious stones in gold and platinum. A truly royal gift!
Leather products
Genuine leather here is the most exotic "breeds" - in Phuket you will be offered chic wallets and purses made of python and crocodile, which are relatively inexpensive, and you can also bargain.
We should also say about handbags. Genuine leather, including crocodile leather, is not the most unusual option. You can buy a handbag here from anything from silk to coconut fibers.
Hot batik
Very interesting gizmos made using the batik technique (silk painting) can be purchased at quite affordable prices. In their work, Thai painting masters use traditional local motives and patterns, as well as cheerful bright colors. So if you want to save a little hot Thai sun and a riot of colors for yourself, get a T-shirt, pareo, scarf or even a bag made in this unusual technique. You can also buy an artistic canvas, which will become an interior decoration.
Wooden dishes and miscellaneous trinkets
Thais are masters of wood carvings. Wood is used here to make various figurines, boxes and other gizmos that are painted in traditional colors and varnished. All kinds of Thai masks, original and inexpensive, depicting Buddha and characters of local mythology, can be attributed to exotic but meaningless gizmos.
Local ceramics, wooden spoons, everything like that, as a rule, delights Russian women. It is very simple and inexpensive to buy this in Phuket, it looks great and exotic.
Conclusion: in Phuket you can buy a lot, if not everything - from branded items to local exotics. Stock up on money and suitcases and - forward to joyful and free shopping!
