The Bayon at Angkor Thom

Perth to Koh Tao

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February 21st 2005
Greetings from Koh Tao (or as the locals would say, "you wanna tuktuk?"), a small island off the east coast of Thailand. We've come here to do a bit of diving and relax in tropical paradise for a few days before we start to head homewards. Let me take you back a couple of weeks.... We stayed in Perth with the very kind Karen and Rich for a couple more nights, long enough to see the World's Lar ... 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