Lamai Beach

Koh Samui, beautiful but mind the chicken kebabs.

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August 11th 2008
Day 73 We arrived in Koh Sumui tired and cranky, desperate to find a cheap bed and sleep. Unfortunately, most of Koh Sumui appeared to still be asleep at 7am and we hadn’t realised how spread out or how expensive everything was here (for Asia). We agreed for two moto drivers to drive us to one motel as recommended by the Lonely Planet, but with no air con, no hot water we soon realised how s ... 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