Island style

Plumbing the depths on Ko Tao....

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February 6th 2008
Coconut palms swaying in the breeze, clear turquoise water, white sand and broad blue skies… ahh, the islands of Thailand. Ko Tao afforded me my first encounter of this type in Thailand, and from the moment I caught my first glimpse of the island from the boat, I knew that the last couple of weeks of my travels would not be lost in a haze of stress and over-exertion. Despite the laid-back vene ... 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