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Latest: Phuket heritage walk: Car parts to saris

Pick up any guidebook, leaf to the Phuket Town section and I guarantee you'll see the words "Sino-Portuguese architecture". To dig a bit more deeply than a guidebook does into what this actually means, I spent a half day with Kritchaya (Chaya) Na Takuathung of Phuket Heritage Trails and discovered that there's a lot more to Phuket's history than a bunch of pretty shopfronts.... Read full story

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