West Beach

Bangkok + 15 hours on a bus = Beach Time!

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May 15th 2006
Yo! So, I'm back on the beaches, and it's great. The original plan was to jump the overnight sleeper train from Bangkok to Surat Thani, and then bus to Krabi, but since the train was booked solid for a good week in advance, we took the next best alternative - doing the entire trip by bus. I saved a bit of coin doing so, but it also meant that I was stuck on "VIP air-con" busses for the last 1 ... 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