Ko Tao

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April 19th 2006
From Ayuthaya we took two buses to Kanchanaburi. We saw the 'death railway' and the bridge on the river Kwai. Also museums about the railway and the POW cemetary for the prisoners who died building the railway. From there we took 2 trains to Chumphon, where we stayed overnight. From there we took a boat to the island of Ko Tao (about a 2 hour boat trip from the mainland). We stayed there for fo ... 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