Parties beneath full moons, tropical beaches, and one of Earth's most extraordinary vistas
October 9th 2006 (In addition to Koh Phangan, this entry also includes Koh Samui and the wondrous Ang Thong Marine National Park.)
I'm sure you've all seen the books that have become so popular in the last few years: "1000 Places to See Before You Die", "Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die", and other similarly vaguely morbid titles enumerating places and experiences that one's life, ostensibly, woul
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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 
