Empty Beach

Island Family Christmas

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January 3rd 2007
We woke up Christmas in our bungalows on the west coast of Thailand. How different could it be than up at Whistler? Very! Warm, sunny and foreign. At least we were almost all together; we hopped in a van and headed to the Phuket airport to rendezvous with my Dad, who had been traveling for 2 days from Vancouver. We surprised him, and he was so happy to finally be here. It was particularly tough fo ... 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