If you are looking for long, white, sand beaches, warm, azure crystal clear water, and majestic green coconut palms everywhere, in short, a tropical paradise, then Koh Samui is ideal for you. This beautiful island in the gulf of Thailand was, just a few years ago, on the insiders list. Now, however, it is becoming [...]

Thailand has a land area of approximately 518,000 square kilometers. On its north-south axis the longest distance is approx. 1,700 kilometers, and on the east-west axis it is 800 kilometers. However, at one point 250 kilometers south of Bangkok, the Burmese border is only 20 kilometers from the Gulf of Thailand. The country can be [...]