View From My Bungalow

Island Fever

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December 12th 2006
Goodbye Bangkok, once again. I was suppose to head off to Koh Tao yesterday, but when I woke up in the morning to buy my ticket, they were all sold out so I had to wait one more day. I took the overnight bus/boat combination and arrived on the island at 10am in the morning. By this point I had not seen any of the south yet and thought I should take a look before I commit myself to Koh Chang for ... 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