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*Taxis and tribulation*

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February 11th 2010
After another hot, noisy and sleepless night on Koh San Road, all we wanted to do is sleep but we had a city to explore after yesterdays interesting tour of the temples by tuk tuk. We had booked a floating market tour the night before that left Koh San at 7am The alarm rang at six. The minibus arrived at 7am. We woke at 7.05am. Not the best start to the day. In the end we got up rather reluctantl ... 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