On the little train that takes you around the airport on the island

August 5th 2007
Kate After leaving Mum and Dad on Tuesday we had to do another 3 days at work before we got a plane ourselves and heading for the island of Ko Samui. We jumped into a taxi straight from school on Friday to the airport, which convienently is only about 1/2 hour from our flat. After enjoying the free nibbles, internet and magazines in the Bangkok airways complimentary lounge followed by just ... 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

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Kris and Kate

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It started in November 2006, when we quit our jobs, rented out our house, sold our belongings and set off in search of adventure in South East Asia. Backpacking around SE Asia followed, along with working with elephants in Pattaya, a TEFL course in Thailand, teaching in Bangkok, Madrid, Bournemouth.... "Where next?" you might ask. Well, the pull of the East was too great, so we hot-footed back to Thailand, and then onto Vietnam. We spent a year teaching in a language centre in Haiphong in the North of Vietnam. Then we went searching for the bright lights of the big city and taught ... full info

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