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Halal food amid the mangroves of Phuket

Posted on June 24th, 2009 by Alasdair Forbes

Halal food amid the mangroves of Phuket

Bang Rong Community restaurant with its excellent, cheap, halal food.

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Weird Ways of the Mangrove

Posted on March 27th, 2009 by Alasdair Forbes

Weird Ways of the Mangrove

Everyone knows about coral reefs in the waters around Phuket, and the gorgeously coloured fish, starfish, crabs, prawns and anemones – even worms – that make a living in or on the coral. Certainly, anyone who has not dived or at least snorkeled around the reefs is missing a great deal of the wonder of Phuket.

But far fewer people know about the mangrove forests that are inextricably connected to the reefs, and which are just as important to the marine ecology as the coral.

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