where "The Beach" was filmed

beautiful one day, perfect the next...

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March 20th 2008
After stubbing my toes too many times to count, spliting open my small toe, ramming my head into a rock and ripping off half of my toenail on a bamboo bridge I've learned the importance of slowing down. A safe journey is paramount to enjoying the destination. My crossover into Thailand went off without a hitch. I collected afew stamps and then hopped on a five hour train to Hat Yai. The trainride ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand

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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