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Beaches and Full Moons

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February 11th 2009
Day 9 - Surat Thani to Ko Pha-Ngan We got rudely awoken at 5.00am by the train guard screaming at us to get off the train, as it was our stop. We did not even have a few minutes warning, it was a case of "quickly, quickly, get off, get off" and I (Sarah) had a major panick when I could not get my padlock off my bag that was attached to my bed. Luckily we all got off fine and typically th ... 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