Hat Karon Beach

First Impressions of Thailand

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May 31st 2007
Got collected by minivan in Penang (still Malaysia) and then travelled north for a while to the Malaysia/Thailand border where we all had to get stamped out of the Malaysia, cross no-mans land and then get stamped into Thailand. First time I have ever crossed a border over land, without there being anything obvious in the way, like an airplane flight or a river, there was just some grass. Then bou ... 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