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Ko Samui Revisited

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March 24th 2008
Ok, ok. Where have I been? Well, the title of this blog entry surely will give you some clue as to one place I've been. After wrapping up teaching English at Neeracha School in Bangkok for this past semester (February 29), I returned to an island I first visited in 2005. Ko Samui is a large island in the Gulf of Thailand (3rd largest island in Thailand). As to be expected, devel ... 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