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Phuket - Our Last Stop In Thailand

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January 8th 2008
The last stop before the border crossing into Malaysia was in Phuket on the west coast of Thailand. In Ko Tao we booked ourselves some tickets which would take us via boat and bus right the way over to Phuket. We checked out of our bungalow at 8:30 am and set off on what turned out to be our longest travelling day so far. After a 5 hour boat journey and a 5 hour bus journey we finally arriv ... 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