Ancestral Home

This was the lovely old home of a once-wealthy and influential Phuket family. Furnishings were a rich mixture of eastern and western styles, with many priceless antiques - some technological, like an ancient telephone and oscillating fans.

Phuket and the Maldives

March 29th 2005
How time does fly! We came back to our ship, the Crystal Serenity, from Singapore and then cruised up the west coast of Thailand to Phuket. As we expected, we were warmly greeted by a city struggling to get back to normal. We didn't see much actual destruction as a result of the December tsunami, but there was abundant evidence of an influx of money that is going for construction, new roads and ... 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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