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Meditations on Driving on Samui by SPM

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January 16th 2009
I'd be lying if I said driving around Samui wasn't nerve-wracking. Everytime we get to a destination, my pulse is a lot quicker, my hands are clammy, and my head's fogged over with adrenaline. I thought when we first reached the island that maybe we just had an agressive taxi driver-- but no, offensive driving seems to be the norm. (as I'm writing this on the beach of Chewang, my icy watermel ... 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