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SIMILAN AND SURIN ISLANDS

WHEN 1982

WHERE Thailand

WHAT National Park and ASEAN Heritage Park

Off the West Coast of Thailand lies a chain of small, idyllic islands called the Similan and Surin Islands. Small in size, yet plentiful in flora and fauna both on land and

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