Kata Beach strewn with beach beds and umbrellas

Thailand

---

January 3rd 2009
We both slept like logs (even in the most uncomfortable bed in the world), up until someone beeped their horn right outside our room at about 5.30am. I wasn’t impressed and couldn’t get back to sleep for ages afterwards as once I was awake I realised how noisy it was. We were used to being kept awake by cockerels and pigs but not motorbikes and traffic! Eventually I did drop off and we both w ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Phuket

---

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