A Very Phuket View?

The Glitz, the Glamour

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February 5th 2006
It proved rather difficult to tear myself away from Ton Sai, not only because I'd made myself quite comfortable there, but because my next stop was to be Phuket, a plac on which I wasn't overly keen. To many people, Phuket and Thailand are synonymous, and as the country's premier tourist desitnation, it encompasses the very best and the very worst elements of Thailand's mass tourism industry. The ... 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