The view from the guesthouse - check out the santa pants!

Mis-adventures in Thailand! Bangkok, Ko Phangan and Koh Samui

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January 29th 2011
After a smooth flight from Penang, we're soon in a taxi hurtling towards the bright lights of Bangkok! The taxi driver speaks very little English, but that doesn't stop him prattling away in Thai and cackling to himself. After roaming around Samsen street for 20 minutes, he finally locates our guesthouse and we jump out. It's about 9pm and we're down a dark alleyway, hoping that we're in the rig ... 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