Koh Chang Panorama

Thailand - Koh Chang

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December 13th 2016
Suzanne here... We walked to the bus station in Trat to get a taxi to the jetty as it was closer than town and we thought it would be busier. It wasn't as it turned out, and with only one other passenger the promised 50 bhat fare each increased first to 80, then 90. When it hit 100 baht each we basically told him to stick it, so it went back to 90. Probably over the odds but at least we were o ... 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