Katie on the beach on Samet

Paradise Found

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October 23rd 2006
Ko Samet has definitely been our much needed get-away-from-the-cities-and-chill-out place. For anyone who doesn't know (and I apologise to those that do as i'm probably making you wish you were back there now) the beaches are the classic white sands and turquoise seas that you associate with the cover of a holiday brochure for a place you're pretty sure doesn't exist or you're never going to get ... 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