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"Phuket; Let's go! and Phi Phi!!"

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February 4th 2009
Well after another hideous 12 hour journey, we arrive in Phuket, the largest island on the west coast of Thailand. We are dumped in the middle of Phuket Town at nearly Midnight and have to try and negotiate our way to the hostel. Within minutes we realise that booking 2 nights stay in Phuket town was a mistake. We were expecting a smaller scale Bangkok; but were we mistaken. It is filthy- cockroac ... 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