Dec. 2009/Jan. 2010
Bangkok-based photographer Christopher Wise shot our cover in Thailand's Phang-nga Bay, north of the rocky shores of Ko Yao Noi island.
Bangkok-based photographer Christopher Wise shot our cover in Thailand's Phang-nga Bay, north of the rocky shores of Ko Yao Noi island.

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