Layan Beach

Home Away From Home - Phuket

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January 13th 2008
After a solid 20 hours of travel and the utilization of trains, buses, planes & taxis I found myself precariously landing in the Phuket airport - by precariously I mean to say my plane quite literally was reairborn after touching down on the tarmac. Flashes of the failed landing there only months before came to mind and I was quite relieved to learn that the brakes on my Nok Air flight were finel ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more