Ko Samet beach

Bangkok and Ko Samet

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June 29th 2006
Our first trip to Thailand this year! We arrived in Bangkok where we spent a few days browsing the shops, visiting Kaoh San Road and watching the football. Feeling a little tired from our travelling around China we felt we deserved a break so we couldn't wait to hit the beach. We headed down to Ko Samet where we spent just over a week doing nothing but sunbathing and watching movies in the ... 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