Elephant Trek in Koh Lanta.

Easin into bliss

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April 2nd 2008
Funny how none of the travel brochures show you sweating your ass of in a room with no fan or AC with a lone vicious mosquito as company. Being hounded awake by a whine in your ear as your slipping off into a gentle sleep has got to rank in the top 10 of "Truly annoying experiences". I guess that wouldn't be a very good sales pitch though. None the less these are all some of the perils you face ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lipe

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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