Me and Mandy on the boat

The end of another continent

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April 14th 2008
So we continued our trip in Australia with a long day driving up the east coast. We eventually arrived in a place called Mackay, to find that most of the motels were full and those that weren't were too expensive for us. We found a pub that had rooms but all they had was a dorm for 10 people. Luckily there weren't any other people in the dorm - just us 4. We were up early (mainly due to the fact t ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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