Hong Kong

In Phuket

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March 27th 2011
18 March. Awoke to yet more grey landscape and it is beginning to be very irritating now. Around 10ish we were passing very close to land and were told these were the outlying islands around Hong Kong. The ship was anchoring out to see and tenders were to be used to transport passengers ashore. All this was very exciting because this was the first time this had happened during the cruise. The ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Phuket

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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