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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]
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] Blog: Crossing the Gulf
Date: March 7th 2010
Well, as we feared, the bus was late, about an hour, and this meant missing the Ferry, luckily though Ko Samui, being so busy has pretty good transports links. We left Phang Nga on a local bus only to be dumped in Surat Thani, which turned out to be about 20K away from where the ferry leaves from, why they don’t build their towns/cities nearer the sea intrigues us, it seems such a waste, almost ... read more
Date: March 7th 2010
Well, as we feared, the bus was late, about an hour, and this meant missing the Ferry, luckily though Ko Samui, being so busy has pretty good transports links. We left Phang Nga on a local bus only to be dumped in Surat Thani, which turned out to be about 20K away from where the ferry leaves from, why they don’t build their towns/cities nearer the sea intrigues us, it seems such a waste, almost ... read more
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