Promthep Cape

This guide to Promthep Cape in Phuket centers on Prince Abhakara Kiartivongse, the twenty-eighth child of King Chulalongkorn, who built the Royal Siamese Navy and earned two hundred seventeen shrines across Thailand after his death in 1923. You'll hear how the cape's Hindu-inflected name, its elephant shrine, and its golden jubilee lighthouse connect back to him. Listen for how the sugar palms framing the horizon became a symbol of Phuket itself.