Before the snorkel test

Koh Tao - Same same but different

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September 12th 2010
Every now and again you come across a place which, while located in a particular country, is something else all together. It becomes a kind of international nowhere, all too often the native culture is over written and to coin a SE Asian phrase a kind of ‘same, same but different’ takes its place. Of all the places I have been Singapore has probably been the most successful in this endeavour, ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Tao

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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