Sweden!

Ahhhhhhh.........beaches

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April 11th 2007
After over twenty-four hours of traveling (tuk-tuk-->airplane-->taxi-->VIP-bus-->tuk-tuk-->ferry-->tuk-tuk-->feet) from the Laos capital city of Vientianne to the island of Koh Phangan in Southern Thailand, I'm finally arrived at a place with sparkling ocean and blue skies (the skies in the north are filled with smoke from burning rice paddies and slash and burning forests). The sound of the ocea ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Pha-Ngan

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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