Fire Poi Spinner

Festival on the Beach

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February 21st 2011
What have I let myself in for? Haad Rin's monthly Full Moon Party was something just about everyone I chatted to about my travel plans said was a 'must-do' for travellers in the region, and with a week to go I decided to book a bed in a hostel in the town that one of those to have previously passed this way recommended to me and experience it for myself. I checked in at the Dancing Elephant (re ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Pha-Ngan

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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