Thai island makes a virtue of simplicity

Koh Mak may be a model for sustainable tourism

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Thailand's remote Koh Mak island boasts the hallmarks of a tropical paradise. (Photos by Ron Emmons unless specified otherwise)

RON EMMONS, Contributing writer

KOH MAK, Thailand -- On a map, Koh Mak looks like a splotch of spilled ink in the Gulf of Thailand, close to Thailand's maritime border with neighboring Cambodia, with splashes stretching to the north, south, east and west.

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