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True Thai Experiences

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July 4th 2006
Yesterday was an intersting day. We delved a bit farther into the Thai culture and and visited a buddhist monastary. We decided to head inland a bit away from the beach. Most of the beach areas are more developed and the interior of Phuket is more distinctly thai. On our journay inland we found the buddhist monastary. We decieded to go in and found some beautiful buildings and shrines. We were abl ... 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