Koh Chang Ferry

Hot and tired

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June 21st 2006
We're back in Bangkok. We caught the bus from Koh Chang back to Bangkok at 2pm and only pulled into Ekamai Station in Bangkok a couple of hours ago. The trip from Laem Ngop to Bangkok took us through the lush countryside of Trat, Chanthaburi and Rayong Provinces. These are major fruit growing areas of Thailand and for most of the way the roads were lined with markets selling all manner of exot ... 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