The Inmates of Tarutao: How a Penal Colony Became Pirates

The Inmates of Tarutao: How a Penal Colony Became Pirates Paradise Over a Graveyard If you board a speedboat from Pak Bara Pier today, Koh Tarutao appears as an untouched tropical paradise. Emerald rainforest tumbles down steep hillsides to meet powdery white sand, and the Andaman Sea washes over ancient coral reefs in shades of … Read more

Are These Sea Gypsies Really Dolphins?

Moken child underwater

Are These Sea Gypsies Really Dolphins? No doubt some of you have visited the so-called Sea Gypsy islands in Surin National Marine Park in southern Thailand, or at least you may have heard of it. But there are some things utterly unique about these former seafaring nomads which is like something out of a sci-fi … Read more