View from our Beach hut

Beach Life

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June 15th 2008
We finally made it out of Bangkok! After a 12 hour over night train, a 2 hour bus ride, a 2 hour fairy ride, a 20 minute ride in the back of a pickup truck and then 15 minutes on another boat, I have arrived on an island just off of Ko Samui. A very long trek, but well worth it! We're quite isolated, so it's a very nice change from Bangkok. The heat and humidity here seems to make everyone mov ... 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