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Ratchaprapa Dam and Khao Sok National Park

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August 22nd 2011
On Sunday we drove down to the Ratchaprapa Dam and Khao Sok NP. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever been; definitely the vastest. The hour long boat ride to and from our bungalows was beautiful blue water with erupting rock formations and mountaintops draped in jungle. Mountaintops because the damn was formed over a valley town more than 20 years ago. Our boat driver was a form ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Surat Thani

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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