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Christmas Thailand style

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December 28th 2006
So we're now in Koh Samui, we've been here since the 22nd. Had a pretty long journey here, 12 hours on the overnight train which was alright because we both fell asleep pretty early. Then we had an hour or so on the bus down to Surat Tani and then about an hour and a half on the ferry to Koh Samui. It wouldnt of been so bad if we werent the only English people, lots of Germans etc. Was quite amus ... 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