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Island hopping in Southern Thailand

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June 22nd 2008
On a spur of the moment decision we decided to go with our English friend Amanda and an English guy, Kevin, to Thailand and try to get some great weather. After squishing up in our rental car we returned it and hopped on a boat from Langkawi to Satun, which is a town in southern Thailand. We had heard it is easy as pie to cross the border here, so after a quick boat trip we were hauled onto a bus ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand

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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