View from our lodgings

More relaxing beach life

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September 24th 2005
- FOOD: Fresh fruit galore and my old pal sugared nuts; spicy papaya salad; Joy Cafe's excellent curry, free muffins, chicken with cashew nut noodles; muesli for breakfast; banana and coffee shakes; - AREA: Excellent government bus to Koh Chang; green, lush island with luxury hotels in the process of being built but not quite ruining it yet; Siam Beach - perfect and ours alone - big waves, palm ... 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