Goodbye, Koh Tao! Photo 3

Goodbye, Koh Tao!

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June 11th 2008
I woke up early in the morning and walked to the top of the mountain. The first part of the journey was straight forward. The path then became really steep. I made it to te top after 1.5 hours. The scenery on top is not as great as I thought. On the way down I took a short cut which turned out to be a deadend. Battling the heat and sweat, I climbed back up to the top again and came downthe origina ... 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