With a size of 550 square kilometers an island vest is impossible, the island lies in front of the southwest coast of Thailand, with 235,000 inhabitants (56% Chinese, 42% Thais, 2% Muslim) colloquial language is Thai and English, the flying time of Frankfurt to Bangkok amounts to approx. 11 hours, from Bangkok to Phuket approx. 1,20 hours. The voltage is in the whole country 220V, 50Hz - same as in Germany, the time difference amounts to in the Central European summer time is 5 hours, in winter 6 hours ahead.