A thousand good reasons to go diving in Thailand!

[Bowmouth]

Reason 215: The "Bun Pha Kao Ling" (Buffet Dinner for monkeys) fair on the 2nd of April every year at Koamphi forest park in Maha Sarakham Province.

 

[Bowmouth]

Reason 216: The 51 islands of the Koh Tarutao Marine National Park, Thailand's oldest Marine National Park (established in 1974).

 

[Bowmouth]

Reason 217: The "Mu Koh Petra" Marine Park in Satun Province.
Probably the least known, visited and dived Marine National Park in Thailand.

 

[Bowmouth]

Reason 218: Koh Phayam in Ranong Province; one of Thailand's best kept secrets.
Diving, snorkeling, bird-watching, trekking, kayaking, kite-boarding, surfing, fishing, swimming, sun bathing and visiting Moken sea gypsies.
No crowds, no ATM's.

 

[Bowmouth]

Reason 219: The Moken (sea gypsy) village at Koh Lao in Ranong.

 

[Bowmouth]

Reason 220: Ang Sila Village in Chonburi Province.
An ancient seaside village where the villagers are skilled in making implements from granite like mortars and pestles and figurines of animals. Fresh oysters are being sold on the beach.

 

[Bowmouth]

Reason 221: Trat Province with its 52 islands and quite a famous gem market located in Bo Rai District, 50 kilometers north of the Cambodian border.

 

[Bowmouth]

Reason 222: The saltwater lake on Mae Koh Island (aka "Ko Mae Ko" which roughly translates to "Mother of Islands") of the Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park in Surat Thani Province.

 

[watboy]

Mangosteens

 

[Arizona]

Reason 224: Durian Mooncake, but certainly not pre-dive.