rubber trees

Lonely Beach

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January 7th 2010
Got up early and went on a quest for a better bungalow. Found one down the road with air con and a real toilet. So the "village" at lonely beach is a sort of ad-hoc shantytown consisting of clusters of these bungalows, restaurant/bars, tattoo shops (oodles of these!) and the odd convenience store. The beach was nice but I was already developing a magnificant sunburn, so I rented a motor scooter ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ko Chang

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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