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Bring back the islands....Ko Wai!!

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April 30th 2006
3 or so weeks inland in the searing heat made us yearn for the islands more than ever. We did what we had to do in Phnom Penh and bolted for the highly touted Ko Chang National Park. After a 10 hrs of bus, scooter, ferry, taxi, minibus we collapsed into our NZ $12 a/c room at the clean little toen (everything seems clean after Cambodia) of Trat. It was a week day, and it was quiet...exactly what ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ko Chang

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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