KO LIPE, THAILAND — For decades, the remote island of Ko Lipe was whispered about in backpacker circles as the "Maldives of Thailand." Located in the Adang-Rawi Archipelago of the Andaman Sea, it represented the final frontier of the idyllic, low-impact tropical lifestyle. However, a recent return to the island by long-term travelers and environmental […]

KO LIPE, THAILAND — For nearly two decades, the island of Ko Lipe lived in the memory of global travelers as the ultimate frontier of the Thai Andaman. In 2006, it was a place defined by its limitations: electricity that flickered on for only a few hours a evening, $2-a-night beach bungalows, and a handful […]

SATUN, THAILAND — For nearly two decades, the island of Ko Lipe stood in the collective memory of the backpacking world as the ultimate "final frontier." Located in the Adang-Rawi Archipelago of the Andaman Sea, it was once a place of whispered legends—an island where the electricity died at midnight, the sand was like powdered […]