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Koh Samui - Where's the Beach?

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May 2nd 2008
Koh Samui - Chaweng Beach - A nice beach if you can find it Around 1 pm on Saturday 26th April I flew into Koh Samui Airport which I discovered when leaving for Bangkok four days later has the most attractive departure lounges of any airport that I have passed through. Bangkok Airways owns the airport and has a monopoly on flights to Koh Samui which can be expensive compared to other d ... 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