View from the Beach

Koh Samui, Thailand

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March 8th 2009
I spent a very relaxing weekend on Koh Sumai! It is stunningly beautiful there and I picked a great resort just based on its name and the fact that it was on Big Buddha Beach. The Secret Garden lives up to its name and there are only nine rooms in the entire place. I had a small bungalow and it was perfect. It was a 30 second walk to the beach and there was always shade to be found. There ... 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