Comstock (LSD 45 LSD 19) - Naval Cruise Book

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Phuket is Thailand ' s largest island and is known as the jewel of the Andman Sea. It is about the size of Singapore taking up 36(» square miles. The island features Patong Beach, a popular tropical beach resort. Phuket ' s restaurants are fantastic and there are plenty of beaches that otTer snorkel ing and other water sports. Non beachgoers can enjoy tours of coconut and rubber plantations, Buddhist temples, batik factories, a cultured pearl fami. a crocodile fann. the Marine Biological Research Center, and a number of parks and nearby islands olTRawai Beach. The beach resorts are popular on the islands. They contain a mixture ofcolonial and Chinese architecture There are also well preserved ruins for tourists to see in the northern and northeastern part of the island.

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wm M ' i The name Bahrain means two seas, and it refers to the proximity 1)1 ihc Persian Gull and numerous freshwater wells on the islands. There are two ways of life in Bahrain — Mideastem and Western. Bahrain consists of 33 islands (six are inhabited) and is the main island of the United Arab Emirates. The island is ver. Hat and receives very little rainfall making it very humid. Dubai is the second - largest emirate with a population of 296,000. It is the commercial centerof the L ' . A. E. Dubai has been trading with its neighbors for thousands of years. You can find all sorts of activities there, including golf, swimming sailing, polo, ice skating and nightclubbmg. While in the U.A.E. you can spend the day watching camels wander or hop on one for a ride. Camel races take place outisde of Dubai city . .Although there is no betting, you may be amused seeing the 50 or so camels galloping around the race track. (That ' s something you won ' t see in the United States.) The citN has a great selection of beautiful gold, unique spices and fruit along w ith vegetables and fruit ou will onl find in the Middle: East. 56