The beach and onwards Photo 4

The beach and onwards

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August 23rd 2008
Following the last entry we went on a boat trip in which we visited Ko Phi Phi where we saw the beach (from the movie the beach) which was beautiful yet utterly overcrowded and somewhat frustrating. We then took a wizz round the islands on our speed boat, had lunch on a lush beach before being taken to another beach to chill and snorkel for a couple of hours. The day was fun but perhaps a little d ... 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