Patong Beach and Emerald Bay ...d up at the beach, even know as Crystal Bay. If you continue up the next mountain there is quite a nasty off-road drive to another smaller lovely beach. Anyway, the beach itself is...

Jackfruit ...te like chestnuts. The fruit is yellow and succulent, of a sweet taste and powerful smell. Thus wrote Simon de la Loubere, a French visitor to Thailand in the 17th century, and his...