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Enormous gold 'modern style' Buddha, outside Wat Intharawihan

Bangkok
The modern Asian metropolis at its steamy and exciting best.

Bangkok has dominated Thailand's urban hierarchy as well as its political, commercial and cultural life since the late 18th century. Distinctly modern and Westernised, Bangkok is still a sleepy Thai village with a louder soundtrack of traffic and nightlife.

Small part of Karon Beach, one of Phuket's longest and best beaches

Phuket
Pearl of the South in the Land of Smiles.

Dubbed 'Pearl of the South' by the tourist industry, Phuket is Thailand's largest, most populous and most visited island. A whirl of colour and cosmopolitanism, Thailand's only island province revolves around and thrives on tourism, but still retains a spark of the real Thailand.