Phang Nga Bay

Phuket

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March 3rd 2012
We arrived in Phuket and met our guide, Kom, at the airport. We also met Amy, who is the manager of Destination Asia, Phuket, and is from Edmonton. The traffic is certainly not as crazy as Bangkok, and we passed rubber tree and pineapple plantations along the way. The landscape is very tropical and reminds us of Mexico. We checked into our resort, the Katathani, which is on Kata Beach. A lovely pl ... 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