Near Tap Lamu in Phang Nga province 1987
Phang Nga Khao Lak 1987
Phuket Rawai 1987
Arriving Ao Ton Sai at Koh Phi Phi Don 1987
Sunset at Phuket Patong beach 1987
Phuket Patong beach 1987
Phuket Patong beach 1987
Koh Phi Phi Don at Krabi province 1987
Fishing boats at the pier on Koh Phi Phi Don 1987
Phang Nga Koh Pannyi 1987
Khao Lak beach in the Phang Nga province 1987
Khao Phing Kan at Koh Tapu called James Bond islan…
Koh Tapu got the name "James Bond Island"
Khao Lak at Phang Nga province 1987
Khao Phing Kan and Koh Tapu the James Bond Island…
Express boat from Ta Chang (elephant pier) to Baan…
Koh Wua Te on the way to Koh Samui
Beach at Mae Nam on Koh Samui
Big Buddha at Koh Farn by Samui 1981
Pier with fishing boats
Reaching Koh Samui Taling Ngam Beach
Buddha at the Wat Hin Lad
Discover Samui in 1981
Phuket downtown winter 1987
Prom Thep cape 1987
Phuket Phra Prom 1987
Phuket Nai Han 1987
Phuket harbor 1987
Phuket Phra Prom 1987
Country house of our "home stay"
The way up to the Batur peak
At the seaside of the Lake Batur
Rangda, the mother of Erlangga
Calonarang
Beach in Nusa Dua
Kuta Beach
Pavillion at Pura Tanah Lot in Legian
From Kuta to Denpasar City
Silhouette of Balinese tempel
Benoa
Balinese woman drawing Batik art with a canting ne…
King Ravana's slave at the Kecak dance
Hanuman and the evil King Ravana
Kecak dance
Princess Sita at the Kecak dance
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At the village from the Moken people 1987


The Moken (also called Morgan) people in Thailand often wrongly are called "Sea gipsies". The origin of Moken people are the Andaman Islands, not the ethnic groups of Sinti or Roma which are the origin of gipsies. Moken are nomadic people, to call them sea nomadic people would be correct.
In Thailand this people suffer under the hard discrimination and seldom their are integrated into the Thai society. That means they seldom or never get Thai nationality, they keep in statelessness.
At many places like Koh Surin, Koh Lipe or particular Koh Phi Phi the Moken people are displaced to do good tourist business. On Phuket island you'll seldom meet Moken people anymore, just for tourist attractions to fill the pockets of the suppressors.
The Burmese and Thai governments have made attempts at assimilating the people into their own culture, but these efforts have met with limited success. Thai Moken have been permanently settled in villages located in the Surin Islands, in Phuket Province, on the northwestern coast of Phuket Island, and on the nearby Phi Phi islands of Krabi province.
Reports from the late 1990s told of forced relocation by Burma's military regime of the 'Sea Gypsies' to on-land sites. It was claimed most of the Salone had been relocated by 1997, which is consistent with a pervasive pattern of forced relocation of suspect ethnic, economic and political groups, conducted throughout Burma during the 1990s.
In Thailand this people suffer under the hard discrimination and seldom their are integrated into the Thai society. That means they seldom or never get Thai nationality, they keep in statelessness.
At many places like Koh Surin, Koh Lipe or particular Koh Phi Phi the Moken people are displaced to do good tourist business. On Phuket island you'll seldom meet Moken people anymore, just for tourist attractions to fill the pockets of the suppressors.
The Burmese and Thai governments have made attempts at assimilating the people into their own culture, but these efforts have met with limited success. Thai Moken have been permanently settled in villages located in the Surin Islands, in Phuket Province, on the northwestern coast of Phuket Island, and on the nearby Phi Phi islands of Krabi province.
Reports from the late 1990s told of forced relocation by Burma's military regime of the 'Sea Gypsies' to on-land sites. It was claimed most of the Salone had been relocated by 1997, which is consistent with a pervasive pattern of forced relocation of suspect ethnic, economic and political groups, conducted throughout Burma during the 1990s.
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