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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]
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] Blog: Last days in Phi Phi
Date: October 15th 2008
By now we have seen the whole island as a native and worse yet have realized that it is basically like Starbucks in the Andaman Sea! Why..? Because it is controlled/monopolized by 3 Thai families (or one Group, some say) and they've fixed the prices of ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING and the workers look really grim. No matter - we enjoyed our time here, met some really interesting people and best of all so ... read more
Date: October 15th 2008
By now we have seen the whole island as a native and worse yet have realized that it is basically like Starbucks in the Andaman Sea! Why..? Because it is controlled/monopolized by 3 Thai families (or one Group, some say) and they've fixed the prices of ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING and the workers look really grim. No matter - we enjoyed our time here, met some really interesting people and best of all so ... read more
