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29th May

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May 29th 2009
No Dentist today. After brekkie we took our washing up the road to have washed and ironed. We then took in a Phuket tour, this was an all day affair. We did some site seeing and checked out the cashew factory, went elephant riding and checked out a couple of really old temples. One was a Thai temple and the other an old Chinese Shrine and the oldest Chinese mansion dating back to the mid 1800 ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Phuket

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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