Candle lit castles on the beach

Third rock from the mainland

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March 14th 2007
Welcome sandcastles on the beach. If the beach in Koh Pha-Ngan is dominated by the nightly consumption of buckets of Samsung, Coke and Redbull, the beach on Koh Tao is dominated by the nightly construction of sandcastles as restaurants prepare for their beachfront diners. The castles both mark out territory and house candle lighting. Each night the tide sweep away the castles and each e ... 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