Garbage on Kata Beach at low tide

Phuket

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August 30th 2011
Monday August 22 ====== My plane left Bali at 12:30, I was at the airport far too early, and had a very long wait. On the other hand the taxi driver told me that the week before there had been a huge traffic jam, and it had taken 2 hours to get from Sanur to the airport (which should be a 20 to 30 minute trip). So better too early than too late. Arrived in Phuket, and had a very easy tri ... 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