Shark Feeding!

Sun, Sharks and Soakings! (Southern Thailand & Malaysia)

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April 19th 2008
(Catherine) After a mammouth 23-hour journey that involved a coach, two minibuses, two tuk-tuks and two ferries, we finally arrived at our first beach destination - the island of Koh Lanta. We checked into a bamboo hut with an open-air bathroom which meant that if you needed to go to the toilet in the middle of one of the nightly thunder storms, you got soaking! Koh Lanta is a very quiet islan ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand

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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