Coastal Thailand news for September 29th, 2020

Coastal Thailand news for September 29th, 2020
David Luekens

Welcome to another Island Wrap, your weekly window to coastal Thailand. This stacked edition covers an American expat who was arrested over a negative review on Ko Chang (Trat); an order to protect Thai marine environments; the first tourists to be allowed into Thailand since March — and a whole lot more.

Last week I published a post on Ko Kradat, a small island where dozens of deer are free to roam and munch on coconuts as they please. The Island Wrap will be my only post this week. Yup, still not finished with all of that freelance work.

Over on Couchfish, Stuart stayed on a virtual path through Cambodia with “a love letter to Phnom Penh” and a visit to a notorious prison where thousands died during the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s and early ‘80s. He also penned a story on the value of street food tours that includes, among others, a quote by my partner Chin, owner of Chili Paste Tour in Bangkok.

Meet Ko Kudee.

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