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Elephants, Cashews and Buddahs- Phuket, Thailand

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December 7th 2014
Elephants, Cashews and Buddahs- Phuket, Thailand We arrived in Phuket just as dawn was breaking and we surprised to see another cruise ship in the beautifully crescent shaped harbor. As we looked over, we recognized it as the Celebrity Millennium which we sailed on 4-5 years ago from Auckland New Zealand to Sydney Australia and also in the Caribbean. Kind of cool to see that and hav ... 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