A Spiky Stinky Fruit

Stinky Fruit and Broken Banks

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April 22nd 2006
My brother and his family were spending a week at a resort on Phuket and graciously allowed me to crash with them. It was a great time for me as I never really spent time at a resort and now had one with easy access to the beach and great pools. I love the ocean and it was fun but the strong undertow made it hard to really swim much. I stuck to the pools. In one, if you looked from the right an ... 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