Fishing boats at Lamai Beach

Ko Samui

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March 26th 2007
So we flew from Bangkok to Ko Samui and headed for Lamai beach. We had heard from many a source that Lamai was not quite as touristy or busy as Chaiweng and they were right. We were looking for a place called Beer's House (very aptly named). After a ending up at the other end of Lamai beach with not one tax driver knowing this place at all (I think that they thought we were stupid Aussie tourists ... 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