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Koh Phi Phi Don Island: Thailand’s coral and limestone paradise
I am in a crowd of tourists boarding off from the ferry. The water seems turquoise in a distance, but near the dock, too many motorboats clutter the view. I am in Ton Sai village of Koh Phi Phi Don, an island in the Andaman Sea off the coast of mainland Krabi in Thailand. One by one, passengers collect their luggage from the deck and get off. On the pier, there is a queue of hotel and tour agents. They ambitiously come forward, speaking rote phrases to lure tourists. Some of them are here to pick up guests with pre-booked packages. Koh Phi Phi Don is an inhabited island of…