Samui's big bhudda

Samui with Cath, Gilly and Jack

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July 20th 2008
A holiday from our long holiday To get to Samui to meet up with Cath, Gilly and Jack (and their mates Chris and Lou), we had to brave one of Thailand's tropical downpours on a small long tail boat from Railay. We got soaked, as did our bags even though we'd bought some nice plastic ponchos that slowly steamed us like one of those microwave meals! It was then just a few hours on to a ... 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