Scared for our lives!

Koh Phangan

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June 2nd 2012
I've feared for my life three times. Once as a teenager on a fair ground ride, when I wasn't strapped in properly and the chap next to me held me in. The other time I was alone and lost in France and being followed. The most recent was on our way to Koh Phangnan. We'd heard there was a cheaper option to get there rather than the big ferry from the main port. The option was a small f ... 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