Neil on a sangthaew

Like a pick up truck with two benches in the back. Our guidebook claims you can use these for 20p or so a go, but there doesn't seem to be any bargaining in Phuket, and we never paid less than 3 quid. I suppose that's tourist resorts for you.

And now, the end is near....

January 15th 2008
We’d intended to stay longer in Malaysia than we did, but having got out of the habit of bus travel, we woke up on our last morning in Kuala Lumpur with nothing organized, and in fact, not really having given to much thought as to where exactly we’d go. There were a few islands north of KL that sounded worth a visit, but by the time we got around to giving it any serious thought, we discovere ... 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

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