Buckets

Koh Samet

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October 27th 2006
Our trip to Koh Samet involved a four hour bus ride from Bangkok to Ban Pae and then a 30 minute boat ride over to the island of Koh Samet. We arrived at Ban Pae on sunset and the view on the boat ride over to the island was beautiful. It was dark by the time we arrived so we got in a taxi (back of a ute) and commenced on a very bumpy drive around to Jep's Bungalows. The island is well known ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ko Samet

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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