One of the Surin Islands

last few days in Khao Lak

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January 10th 2011
6th – 10th Jan We got to the dive shop at about 8pm and after leaving our cases and ‘waluables’ (as they call them here) in the safe, we crammed ourselves into two mini vans (with the usual chaotic driving) for a 1.5 hour trip north to board the dive boat. It was actually better not to see where you were going – the poor dude in the front passenger seat nearly crapped himself many times! ... 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