Phuket 2

Phuket, Thailand.

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March 21st 2009
Phuket is a Thailand resort city on the coast and derives most of its commerce from tourism. Hopefully you can find it on the World Map for a pin. We are anchored off shore and using the ships tenders to go ashore. We were here for two days in 2001, so we are staying on board. Besides that, today is the first rainy day in any port since we left Los Angeles. There was a tsunami (tid ... 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