Tiny Ko Samet is a nice beach-hopping destination off Thailand’s eastern gulf coast. It’s not really a secret anymore, but I still met less other foreigners here than I did on islands in southern Thailand, like Phuket or Ko Tao. If you don’t mind walking for a bit, you stand a very good chance of…
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