I fell in to a burning ring of fire, I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
November 25th 2007 Joetour log, stardate 24/11/07.
We arrive on the tropical island of Ko Phangan with the words to this popular indie pop song ringing in my jaded Bangkok ears...
'The way to mother noose
The way to suck an egg
The way to golden dawn
The way to Koh Phangan'
(whoever can name this song and the pioneers of it wins the next prize!)
Mainland Thailand had been good to us but growing t
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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 
