Sheltering from the rain while waiting for a bus

Day 128 - Hectic journey to Ko Samui, Thailand

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April 11th 2006
Up at 8am, checked out, got taxi to KL sentral just in time for 10am skybus to airport. Quick checkin and short flight to Phuket, no problem with Thai customs, 30 day visa on arrival. Taxi from airport drops us off in the middle of nowhere where we have to wait for the passing bus! The heavens open and we huddle under the bus shelter while a local guy stops riding his motorbike and shelters with u ... 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