NYE Drinking on Koh Samui

Koh Samui, Koh Tao & Koh Sumet

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January 12th 2009
We arrived on a very wet Koh Samui around lunchtime on New Year's Eve and as we looked out the windows of the bus we could see rivers of rain pouring down the road. The prospect of spending New Years Eve on a wet beach wasn't really getting us in the spirit. Our rooms on Koh Samui where basically a terraced version of the bungalows we had in the jungle although the mosquito count was a lot hig ... 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