Entering Maya Bay

West Coast

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July 4th 2005
Well, we arrived in Phuket on 28th June. After bartering for a taxi from the airport for ages we arrived in a place called Kata Beach. This is south of Patong, the party capital of Phuket. We thought we should stay somewhere quieter as we still weren't feeling 100%. It turned out that we made the right decision. When we turned up we were at a 4 star resort !! It only cost 700 baht a night. There w ... 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