Getting ready for a festival

Buddhas & Bras Please!

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February 3rd 2009
We had plans for awhile to get on our Temple clothes, head out early and tour the islands' Wats. We had to take my mom to the airport early, so we figured this would be a great day to wear our only long pants and short-sleeved shirts and beat the crowds. There is about 20 Wats on Samui, so we picked a few and started off before the real heat of the day forced us to flee to the ocean. It was bea ... 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