Really Wet Markets: Samut Songkram

An hour southwest of Bangkok, where the rivers of central Thailand empty into the sea, sit tiny Samut Songkhram and Samut Sakhon Provinces. (In Thai, samut means sea.) Many people pass right through them in their weekend rush to reach the beach resorts of Cha-am, Hua Hin or Pranburi.

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Yaeyama Island-Hopping: Kuro + Kohama

KURO ISLAND

Nori seemed too relaxed the next morning. She wasn’t rushing the boys at all.

“Do you still plan on catching the 9:20 ferry to Kuro?” I asked.

“No!? I thought you said we could catch the 10:30?” she replied, perturbed.

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