Rocky Tanote Bay

Scuba Island

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July 9th 2007
Koh Tao is a small island in the Gulf of Thailand, known in particular for the great scuba diving offered by its abundant coral reefs. We decided to spend about a week in Koh Tao to take a scuba course and soak up some sun. We took an overnight train from Bangkok to the mainland coastal town of Chumpon, then took an early morning ferry to Koh Tao. The train was more spacious and clean than the In ... 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