Leaving the Harbor

One final Adventure

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June 29th 2006
With our final exam completed and two final days left of our trip to Thailand, a group of us decided to get out of the city and spend some time relaxing on the beach. After much research and debate we settled on a small island in the Gulf of Thailand called Ko Samet. The island itself is only about 4 square miles in size and has actually been designated a wild life refuge/national park, although ... 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