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Tsunami Escape Route  
   

Tsunami Escape Route

Koh Phi Phi was hit hard by tsunami back in December 2004 that wiped out almost entirety of the island. Influx of volunteers rushed in to help rebuild the communities and power lines were actually then introduced. Today's tourists can actually take hot showers because of these new implementations..interesting, eh?
Off to Phi Phi

May 30th 2009
I got up Saturday morning, hopped on the local bus at Kata Beach to head back to Phuket town and meet up with Sadiki, arriving from Singapore. Sadiki & I had no way to contact each other at Phuket- no cell phone, no nothing(you realize how dependent...or seem to think how dependent we are on that little thing. All we set up was, "Meet me at the Bus Station"- said I via email. Once I got to the ... read more
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Thai Flag 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
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