school of surgeonfish*

to breathe where there is no air

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December 10th 2017
The boat lurches, and bodies in front of me topple into the dark sea. Weak sunlight pales the dawn. The world through the diving mask is reduced to a smear of milky grey sky, opaque water, and 50 meters beyond the choppy sea, a tree-covered island of immense granite boulders. It’s one of the Similan Islands. Maybe number 4. Maybe number 6. They didn’t bother with names. Doesn’t matter much e ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Similan Marine NP

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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