The Similan Islands, a popular diving and snorkeling destination in Thailand, reopened to tourists on October 15 after a five ...

The Similan Islands are a group of 11 small islands in the Andaman Sea off the coast of Thailand. Known for their clear blue ...

The Similan Islands National Park in Phang Nga province is finalizing preparations for the start of the tourist season on ...

Southeast Asian waters have at least 2,000 sunken wrecks from World War II, many of them diveable and still unexplored.

Koh Tao is one of the best places in the world to get your diving certification, with calm waters and colorful reefs. The ...

Thailand closed dozens of dive sites to tourists in 2011. Koh Yoong, in the Phi Phi island chain and Koh Tachai, in the Similan Islands National Park, have also been off-limits to visitors since ...

It’s a great base for exploring the secluded islands and neighbouring national parks – boat trips to the ethereal Similan Islands ... to snorkelling and scuba diving trips.

Dive sites that are popular with experienced divers include Wolf Island's Shark Point (which can only be reached during a multiday cruise from operators like Galapagos Diving Cruises and ...

One of our first assignments was to capture a little known species of tusked weta. Wetas are an ancient lineage of insects related to crickets, which in New Zealand take the place of rodents.

Freedom for Chagos islands: by Peter Harris Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University Britain is close to resolving its territorial dispute with Mauritius over the Chagos ...