Sunset

Long Beach, Ko Lanta

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March 1st 2006
What day is it? I always have to think about this for a few seconds before I figure it out. It's Wednesday, March 1. Where am I (I'm a lot better with this question!)? I'm on the island of Ko Lanta in Thailand. I've been to quite a few islands during my travels but they differ dramatically. Ko Lanta is a fairly large island in the Andaman Sea that lies southeast of Phuket and south o ... 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