View as we waited for the speedboat to arrive

Thailand

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January 13th 2009
After an extensive breakfast we finished our packing and took some final walks along the beach to say farewell to the squeaky sand. It was a real shame to be leaving as we could easily have spent a couple of weeks at this resort if our finances could have coped with that. Unfortunately for us they couldn’t. When it came to checking out we were pleased to see no mention of the Emerald Cav ... 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