Off to the Islands Photo 9

Off to the Islands

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August 31st 2009
Hey guys, so we are off to Koh Samui this morning to do a bit of Island hopping. This week has flown by. We ventured out to the big weekend market. It is completely overwhelming in good ways and bad. Anything can be had for a price here as you work your way through a tangled mob of over 15,000 vendors and stalls. Brings to mind the cats and rats and elephant song of my youth. Any pet you can ... 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