Elephant Tamer

Lounging in Ko Lanta

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January 2nd 2006
We arrived into Ko Lanta, a little island off Thailand's West Coast (The long thin bit of Thailand) on 2nd January. We were met at Saladan port by Corey, Kerry, Lou and Allaster - Stu's mates. Our journey from Bangkok was interesting!! We got the overnight train at 7:15pm. We decided to go for an air-con carriage, because Sarah thought she was gonna die last time she did the same journey. (And tu ... 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