Favourite Bucket Stand

Chased off with a big stick

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November 5th 2005
We had a great time on Koh Tao, but we wanted to spice things up a little and head over to the famous Koh Phangan. All of the islands in Thailand start with "Koh" and then end with an individual name. Koh Tao means Turtle Island (I still think it should be called Dog Island because of the hundreds of stray dogs lurking around for us to drop some of our 7-11 dinners!). I’m not sure what Phangan m ... 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