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Phuket

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February 28th 2012
Sunday Feb 26: We arrive in Phuket mid afternoon and are met by Destination Asia's manager Amy (from Edmonton) and Our guide Kom. We climb on the bus for the 45minute ride to our hotel and pass many palm trees and rubber plantations. Everything is green and lush, traffic much quieter and the temperature is cooking hot. We arrive at the Kata Thani Phuket Beach resort and are greeted as always w ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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