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Asian cliff-hanger

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Koh Samui has become the latest resort destination in exotic Thailand. An island whose economy was once dominated by coconut farming, Koh Samui is now home to the Baan Taling Ngam resort villas which are run by Amanresorts and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group.

Author: Paddy, Victor George
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Conde Nast Traveler
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0893-9683
Year: 1995
Seaside resorts

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The hidden valley

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The only way into or out of central Laos's Na Valley, Thailand is through the flooded Heup Cave. Outside the valley one would find a path that leads away from the limestone ridge and into a thick stand of hardwoods and tangled underbrush.

Author: Potts, Rolf
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Conde Nast Traveler
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0893-9683
Year: 2003
Rural areas, Valleys, Sparsely populated areas

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Jolly good excuse for a party

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The action played in Thailand is narrated. An elephant polo tournament is underway where two-ton beasts lumber around the pitch carrying pith-helmeted players, who whack at a tiny polo ball with eight-foot mallets.

Author: Potts, Rolf
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Conde Nast Traveler
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0893-9683
Year: 2004
Animals in the performing arts, Performing animals, Polo

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