Koh Tao - Tanote Bay

Koh Tao

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April 16th 2007
I have recently been to the small island of Koh Tao as I heard it was one of the nicer islands and a great place to try out some diving and snorkelling. Koh Tao means turtle island and is named so due to both its shape (rotated 90 degrees it does look similar to a turtle outline) and the fact that there are turtles in the waters nearby. I took a night bus from Hua Hin with Paul, a Dutch guy I met ... 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