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Day 73-74: Bangkok to Ko Samui, Thailand

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April 10th 2009
Thursday, April 9th This morning we had to go to the train station to see about tickets to Surat Thani, a town on the west coast of Thailand. From there you can take a boat to the islands of Ko Samui, Ko Pangan and Ko Tao. It's about 11 hours by train so we wanted to depart the following evening. We grabbed a taxi and headed to the nearest subway station (they call it the Metro, like th ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Samui

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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