Hat Rin Nok, Ko Pha Ngan

Idyllic Islands

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May 13th 2007
I decided to take the 6:00am bus back to Bangkok from Siem Reap; I had almost forgotten how grueling the 15 hour bus journey was to endure. I arrived in Bangkok around 9:00pm, greeted by the infamous backpacker’s mecca of Ko San Road. I stayed the night here and organized an overnight bus for the next evening to take me down south, towards the islands and the sun. I decided I was going to go wi ... 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