Ko Lipe

Southern Thai Beaches

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April 14th 2006
Standing on the Northeastern shore of Lankawi island you can see the silhouette of the closest islands of the Ko Tarutao Marine National Park a mere 3 kilometers away. The problem is that Lankawi is Malaysian and Ko Tarutao is Thai territory. To get between the two we had to get a ferry to Satun on the Thai mainland to pass through immigration (2 hours), a pick-up and a taxi along the coas ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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