our guesthouse, kho pha ngan

thailand (bangkok, ko pha ngan, phuket, phi phi islands& krabi)

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June 10th 2007
we arrived in bangkok on the overnight bus from chiang mai at around 4.30 am. we headed up koa san road in search of a guesthouse and what we found was a bloody mess. this was the bangkok that everyone talks about that we had missed on our first visit due to having stayed on the non-tourist side of town. neon lights. my god! every single major food chain, innumerable pubs, bars, seedy clubs. tour ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand

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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