Nick in the jungle

Kho Tao

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January 30th 2013
After an 8 hour bus and boat journey we arrived into the island of Kho Tao, where we met back up with Nick. I ended up spending 5 days on the island; It's a beautiful place and was a lot more relaxed than Phi phi (and supposedly more chilled than Phangnan and Samui too). Although it's still being rapidly developed and even some photos we saw from 1995 show a completely different island. ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Southern 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