Big Buddha Beach

Koh Samui

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May 26th 2008
Seriously, it's taken a whole week to muster the energy to open the laptop and compose this blog entry. That's not through not wanting to write; the intense heat and humidity here makes even the simplest of activities a major operation. Completing all the tasks to get showered and dressed in the morning feels like having climbed Everest with an elephant on my back. So, it's full-on relaxation m ... 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