My shot for the tourist brochure

This is the nicest part of Patong Beach to the north where all the expensive resorts are and have bought up much of the land. The positive aspect of this is that this is one of the few places where the natural environment is still intact and lush (at least compared to the more democratized parts of the beach dominated by thousands of small businesses).

Phuket: Not What I Hoped For, But Not Bad At All

November 14th 2010
Travel days 64-67 After flying from Jakarta to Bangkok, I stayed there two nights before flying onto Phuket on Wednesday. It was my first time to Phuket since the tsunami in 2004. I had been there that same year about 9 months prior and visited many places on land and sea surrounding this famous resort island. There are a great many small little islands in the beautiful waters of the Andaman ... 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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