Sonya - Lonely Beach

Water Fight!!!

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April 13th 2006
So I thought I'd escape to this peaceful island and avoid the chaos of Songkran, the water festival, but it's in full swing here! From the docks to our hotel we rode in an open pick up and got completely soaked! The locals would be standing with buckets of water and water pistols and just drench you in water! At one point there was basically a fire hose shooting water at us! And on top of th ... 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