Ban Mae Hat

Koh Tao (Finally)

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August 21st 2014
We were up before daybreak and the mini-van we'd ordered collected us (to our relief) just before 0530. We changed onto one of two double-deckers at the train station in Chumphon and were at the wharf an hour later. The boat that would take us to Koh Tao was a huge catamaran that held around 300 passengers and their backpacks (no first-class luggage on this vessel!) and although we left late an ... 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