Banana Beach, Coral Island

Snorkelling at Coral Island

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August 18th 2011
Today we hired a driver to take us to Rawaii - the cost was 600 baht each way for a van for 6 of us. We wandered around Rawaii, looking at the market stalls and the view, and then hired a longtail boat to take us to Coral Island’s Banana Beach. The longtail was 1800 baht for 6 people. This was a terrific day, but I would advise going later than we did, preferably after 2.00pm. The beach was ... 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