Sunrise on Mae Nam beach

Day 129 - Ko Samui

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April 12th 2006
After a lie in we get up for some delicious Thai stir fry, had a look around the local area, bought a waterproof camera and sat drinking happy hour cocktails at Cafe Talay right on the beach near our bungalow. Later we took a taxi to Chaweng beach where we were soaked with water as today is Songkram, or Thai New Year, and everyone is throwing water at everyone else! Chaweng was just like being in ... 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