Day Thirteen - Phuket 010001002 Phuket (1)

Day Thirteen - Phuket

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January 2nd 2010
Day Thirteen - Phuket, the Russian Benidorm I awoke to the sun filtering in as the train was nearing our destination. We got up around 6.30am, the staff turned our bunks into seats again and soon our breakfast arrived. It was British Rail standard but would fill a hole for now. Leaving the train an hour later at Surat Thani we were greeted with touts and eventually got sorted for ou ... 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