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Beautiful Thai beaches

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October 5th 2006
I flew from Chiang Mai to the Island of Ko Samui, and then took a boat the same day to Ko Pha Ngan. I think I left Chiang Mai at around ten and was on Ko Pha Ngan by two in the afternoon...a bit more expensive but far more efficient than the trip would have been on bus/train/overnight ferry rides. The beaches on the islands there are completely amazing. Originally I was going to bypass Haad ... 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