Trung Gets Painted Up

Full Moon Party @ Ko Samui

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October 25th 2007
We left our nice hotel with our backpacks, walked up the sleazy alley, past the lady-boys, pimps and dealers ("Hell No"..."No way"..."We're leaving") and onto the main street in Patong Bay. Within two seconds, we'd been aquired by a taxi driver who was by now sprinting across the road to us and dementedly waving his arms in the air to ensure some business. Carrying backpacks, it's got to be a ... 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