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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]
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] Blog: Swimming with the Sharks
Date: July 5th 2006
Yep - we did it! At about 90 feet under we swam with (okay, watched) 6-foot long reef sharks. Very cool! It was our second "deep" dive of our advanced open water scuba course. To back up and give you the context: We arrived on Koh Tao (Turtle Island) on Thursday after two days on Koh Samui. Samui was fun although the beach at our hotel was a bit of a let down. It was very susceptible to t ... read more
Date: July 5th 2006
Yep - we did it! At about 90 feet under we swam with (okay, watched) 6-foot long reef sharks. Very cool! It was our second "deep" dive of our advanced open water scuba course. To back up and give you the context: We arrived on Koh Tao (Turtle Island) on Thursday after two days on Koh Samui. Samui was fun although the beach at our hotel was a bit of a let down. It was very susceptible to t ... read more


