Room with a view

Bangkok to Koh Samet

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October 3rd 2008
Ok now for the first real entry of the 2008 trip. Bangkok is what it is, London in the east with more noodles and motorbikes and less McDonalds and tubes. It's busy and hectic, stiffling hot, or air conditioned into oblivion. There is always someone in eyesight eating or drinking something, on a motorbike or chatting on a mobile phone. It doesn't take many minutes to find someone doing all t ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ko Samet

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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