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Sukhothai's Silver Lining

A holiday-time magnet every spring and autumn, the old capital has charms to cherish all year round

• TRAVEL TALK

  Still many rivers to cross

  At 62, Tony Wheeler, the co-founder of Lonely Planet, is still an enthusiastic and restless soul - and insists....


• DIVING THE ANDAMAN

  Magic off the Mergui isles

  Divers exploring Burma's largely uncharted waters are left as gapemouthed as the mammoth whale sharks....

• Fantasy island for real
• Harbouring a rising refinement
• Year-round excellence
• One of the first, one of the best
• A slower pace of stay
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