The hammock

An Alternative Koh Phangan

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September 4th 2007
“Alright mate”, “Innit”, “F**kin' 'Ell”- Welcome to Koh Phangan. The island is world famous for it's Full Moon Party (a beach rave fuelled by psychedelic drugs and cocktails in beach buckets) and disembarking from our boat, this is all you hear from numerous touts, trying to sell you their rooms. Spotting the English man isn't too hard and I had had enough of the cliches and colloquia ... 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