Sunset at Mama's

A visit to remember: staying with Mama on Ko Chang

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January 1st 2010
The jetty was a busy place, with several boats docked at once. Local men plodded by carrying huge bags of food and crates of drink to the boats. Once everything was loaded in our long boat, we had to climb on and negotiate our way over bags of vegetables, bales of eggs and huge ice blocks to take our seat on a wooden plinth at the back of the boat. The skipper launched forth once all the passen ... 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