Ko Rok

An island that a group of us staying in Kantiang Bay visited for the day. Thinking that every beach would be like this in Thailand, I passed up the chance of camping on this uninhabited island. Unfortunately this was the only beach I was on in Thailand that had clear water, possibly because there was quite a few days of rain while I was there, but the visibility in the water here was amazing

South Thailand - where have all the backpackers gone?

March 10th 2008
One of the things that travelling teaches you is that your expectations mean nothing, and so it was with the south of Thailand, where my notions of what it would be like turned out to be 10 years out of date. My mental image of beaches full of hale and hearty travellers all sharing tales of travels around the globe proved to be well misfounded. Thailand, even the supposedly 'backpacker' areas, i ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand

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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