Board a green flag boat, ignoring those with orange, yellow or no flags, and try to get a seat on the right (starboard) side to avoid the glare of the afternoon sun.

BBC: Take the boat out of Bangkok

While it is easy to get to Pakret by bus or taxi from Bangkok, it is much more interesting to take a green flag express boat.

BBC: Take the boat out of Bangkok

But if you simply cannot be pried from the ivory sands of Muri Beach, the hotel offers scuba diving, windsurfing, glass-bottom boat tours and guided walks through the green jungles on the island.

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In a boat up the mountain rivers, we saw dazzling walls of green and countless waterfalls tumbling down the hills like dozens of shimmering tears.

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Boston largely missed the boat on the boom in information technology, but hasn't missed the green boom by any measure.

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It's another boat, traveling rapidly in the opposite direction, hugging the Brooklyn shore, with only the green starboard light visible.

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