Tea at the Oriental

101 ways to die in Thailand

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July 27th 2006
I really shouldn't have made a wee piglet of myself at breakfast before the Phi Phi island ferry crossing. The sea was almost as rough as I felt and what was so good going down was not so pleasant being violently repeated on the toilet floor. My travel companions from my tour (Paul and Danielle) didn't suffer at all - although most people on the boat seemed to be having the same fate as me. I'd ... 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