The bus across the peninsula

Gulf Coast

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September 1st 2007
Coming from our deserted beach with 6-8hour electric every day, it was a shock to see neon lights beckoning the ferry into Port on Samui. The rain hammered as we disembarked and jumped onto a minibus to the North coast on Maenam beach. We looked at a variety of bungalows and settled for the cheapest one! A short walk to the beach, a cool little Rasta Bar tucked under the rocks at the end of it, an ... 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