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Total contrast! The street below our hostel in Khao Lak  
   

Total contrast! The street below our hostel in Khao Lak

Eleven Years on from the Tsunami

February 18th 2016
This morning instead of waking up to bird call, insects buzzing around trees that whisper in the breeze and lizards scampering through the undergrowth beneath our hut we woke to the slamming of hotel doors and air con units and refrigerators buzzing. We've now swapped deserted beaches for smelly crowded streets. Why? That's what I'm asking myself! Firstly we need to be in Krabi soon to fly out o ... read more
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Thai Flag 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
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