View from our terrace, Koh Tao

Life's a beach

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September 25th 2011
We had a huge backpacker versus flashpacker decision to make at (the fantastic) Bangkok airport as to how to get to the island of Koh Tao several hundred miles to the south. Flights were leaving within a few hours to Koh Samui at ninety-odd quid each and, although we didn’t really fancy Koh Samui, it would be a short boat ride to one of the other islands. Plan B was to get a train and taxi to th ... 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