Guy on the beach

Phuket

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November 21st 2007
We left Dubai about 8.30 in the evening and flew to Hong Kong, arriving around 6am the next morning. We had a three hour stopover so we spent the time in the Qantas Club and read our first Australian newspapers for nearly 9 months. We then flew to Singapore where we spent a night at Changi Village (which is not far from the airport) as we couldn't get a flight to Phuket until the next day. On We ... 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