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City Weary, We Head to the Islands

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March 14th 2011
Dear Loved Ones, It has been a long while since I have blogged. Partly because I felt I had little to update you on. Where have we been? Well, we are still in Bangkok. Tomorrow we hope to leave for the eastern island of Koh Samet. A tiny T-shaped island which has huge popularity both with international tourists and Thai people trying to get away from the city for the weekend. It is a short trip ... 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