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December in Phuket

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December 27th 2010
We arrived in Phuket on Dec 12, only to find the hotel we had booked for three weeks turned out to be less than suitable. It involved a lot of false advertising as to location and to the state of the rooms. The icing on the cake was when we were told we could not use the pool because there was broken glass in it and maybe it would be cleaned out tomorrow. After a terrible night of noise and party ... 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