Khao Lak beach

Northern Thailand

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January 24th 2010
Khao Lak Khao Lak was badly damaged by the tsunami in 2004, and although it’s been rebuild, it feels that it has lost a little bit of its own identity, as there are many fancy new resorts all over the place. For once I think that the Tuk Tuk drivers are outnumbered, but only by the number of ATM's that are around. Why you might ask? Well that is to pay for the second most popular thing t ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Northern Thailand

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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