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Island Life and a Bangkok Pit Stop

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April 30th 2008
We left Krabi on a minibus for our flight from Phuket. The drive took 2 and a half hours and was possibly one of the most terrifying experiences of our entire trip! Safe driving isn't exactly a Thai specialty and our driver was no exception! He felt the need to overtake everything on a bend, and when it poured down with rain and could barely see out of the windscreen, he sped up! We did manage to ... 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