from the viewpoint

phi phi island

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April 18th 2009
Hi Everyone Well we are hiding from the sun at the moment - it is incrediably hot. This morning we went out to Shark Point which is about 100 metres out from our room on the beach at 7.30am. The different corals and fish were like nothing we have ever seen before. We saw only one shark but millions of other fish of every colour and size including Puffer fish and these weird very long thin fish. ... 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