Phuket Foodies – Smoking Fish In Jay’s Backyard Restaurant
Once a month we like to highlight a local restaurant or local cuisine and this month Jay took on the cooking himself.
He brined some fish (with his own homemade brine) and then smoked them on his Smoker (what else does he smoke?).
Find out all of this and more in this weeks’ vLog here:
Challenge Jay. BJJ on the beach
This week Jay was with Coach Nando from Gracie Barra Phuket learning Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu on the beach at Surin. As well as learning how to defend himself Jay was challenged to a sparring session with Coach Nando.
See it in full here:
Phuket Breaking News – March 2022 – Test And Go Updated, A Stolen Chicken And More
ANNOUNCEMENT – Thailand Pass Rules Update Frequently, The Information In The Below Post Is Now Out Of Date For Latest News Please Visit: https://5starmarinephuket.com/phuket-sandbox-rules-and-updates/
Jay and Shaun give you their view of the Monthly Phuket News. From the changes to the Test and Go Program to a lost chicken. From a new movie production in Phuket to the need for increasing emergency food relief.
Catch up on all of the latest news! Watch it here:
Amazing Greek Food In Phuket – Is It Even Possible?
Join Jay as he tours through the different food options available at Blue Tree. On his tour, he stops off at a Greek Food Truck (yes there is great Greek Food in Phuket).
By amazing co-incidence, Jay was good friends with the current chef of this particular Food Truck.
Watch along below:
Thailand Pass Adventures: Fishing With Jay, His Family And Camera Man Charlie (Or Was It Alex?)
Join Jay and his family on board with Camera Man Charlie (Or was it Alex?) as they head out on a 5 Star Marine Private Boat Tour.
In this week’s video Jay is fishing, snorkeling, and exploring the closer in islands around Phuket.
See it all here:
Phuket Breaking News – Test And Go, Sandbox, Crocodiles And A New Water Park
ANNOUNCEMENT – Thailand Pass Rules Update Frequently, The Information In The Below Post Is Now Out Of Date For Latest News Please Visit: https://5starmarinephuket.com/phuket-sandbox-rules-and-updates/
Join Jay and Shaun from 5 Star Marine as they discuss the latest news stories on Phuket. From the resumption of the Test and Go program, to Crocodiles being found on Bangtao Beach and a new water park opening up.
This is a light-hearted version of the news designed to keep you informed as well as give you some light entertainment to break up the constant negative news cycle. Watch along below:
JAYS CHALLENGES: A Day Cleaning The 5 Star Marine Boat
We are pleased to introduce a new series of videos to our YouTube channel called Jays Challenges. Jay has been having way too much fun fishing, snorkeling, swimming with sharks and more so it’s time he does some of the hard work around the office.
Shaun asked Jay to complete his first challenge in this video which is to scrub 3 of the 5 Star Marine fleet and prepare them for upcoming tours.
As always with Jay, he took a little nap, stopped for some tea, and had a shower on the pier. All this and more in today’s video:
Phuket Sandbox Adventures: Phi Phi Islands, Reef Sharks And Monkeys – All In One Day!
After 20+ months of recovery time, the Phi Phi Islands has restored back to what it was 15+ years ago. In fact, I would say that it is looking better than I have ever seen it in the entire time I have been here in Phuket Island Hopping.
That’s why Jay and I feel so lucky to be taking you on tour with us to this beautiful destination. Add to that, this week had his family on board and FINALLY saw a SHARK.
Watch it all here:
Thailand Pass, Phuket Sandbox, Test And Go – We’re Confused Are You?
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We’ve been receiving a lot of messages lately with confused travelers asking us to clarify the current rules on entry into Thailand and more than that, what they can do once they are here in Phuket.
- Can you go Island Hopping in the Phuket Sandbox?
- Do you need to stay the full 7 days of the Phuket Sandbox is the same hotel?
- Is the Sandbox even relevant anymore considering that Test and Go restarts on February 1st?
These are all good questions and some of them are a little more difficult to answer than others. So let’s start firstly with how you enter Phuket / Thailand. On the 1st February, 2022 forward Thailand is reopening on the Test and Go scheme.
This is an entry scheme into Thailand that allows you to fly to any international airport in Thailand. Once landed in you will show your Test and Go paperwork and then you will spend 1 night in a specific type of hotel. In most cases that is a SHA Plus Approved hotel.
The reason for the 1 night is you are waiting on the result of your on-arrival RT-PCR test. Once that test result is provided and is negative you are free to move around Thailand, there are no restrictions.
You will be required to take a second RT-PCR test on Day 5 of your stay, and on that night, you also need to stay in a SHA Plus Approved hotel waiting for your result.
Once that test is clear, you are then also free again to move around Thailand as you like.
Now there are other entry schemes into Thailand like the Sandbox, Sandbox Extension, and also Alternate Quarantine but in our opinion, all of these schemes are irrelevant RIGHT NOW as the Test and Go scheme is reopened.
Instead of confusing you with these schemes, we will just recommend you apply and enter on the Test and Go scheme.
This means that when you are in Thailand and specifically Phuket you can go on ANY tour that you like. You can go to Phi Phi Islands and see the amazing Maya Bay, you can go to Phang Nga Bay and see the stunning James Bond Island.
In fact, more than 11 destinations are open to you, you can see some of them in this video here.
We hope this helps clarify the current situation here in Phuket and if you have any questions feel free to contact us.
It’s been a crazy 2 years. Unprecedented is the word that comes to mind. Global tourism shutdown, we completely changed our business model, we provided over 610,000 life bags to people in need, we started a foundation, moved offices, and delivered over 1000 memorable boat experiences. And that’s just a few of the things that we did here in the last 12 months. To take a look at the year in review check out this video below: