Marion, Alan & Wendy @ dinner

New Years with Valtas Family

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December 31st 2005
For New Years I was lucky enough to have 3 days off, so I hopped on a plane to Phuket to visit the Valtas family. Dana had flown in from London, and Wendy from Canberra. The first night I stayed with them on Karon Beach at the Hilton, which was lovely of course. The second night we moved to Patong beach to be closer to all the action. We went out for dinner then partied the night away. ... 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