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WAI ISLAND 2008-05-21 23:28:02 Wai Island has some of the best coast and is excellent for snorkeling and diving. The Wai Island has one bungalow operation. Kham Island is also recommended for underwater explorations; accommodation is available. Laoya Island has natural attributes similar to those at Wai Island, with one rather expensive place to stay. The tiny Rang Island archipelago, south-west of Chang Island, is a primary ne
MAK ISLAND 2008-05-21 23:27:26 Mak Island is the smallest of the three main islands of Chang National Marine Park, has a beach along the north-west bay and possibly others as yet undiscovered. Monsoon forest covers 30% of the Mak Island while coconut plantations take up another 60%. A few tractors or jeeps travel along the single paved road which leads form the pier to the main village. It is possible to rent motorbikes and org
KUT ISLAND 2008-05-21 23:25:34 Kut Island is mostly along the west side, at Hat Khlong Chao beach, Hat Khlong Yai Kii beach and Hat Tapho beach. A dirt road runs between Ban Khlong Hin Dam beach, the Kut Island’s main village on the west coast, and Ao Salat beach along the north-east shore. Other villages on the Kut Island include Ban Ta Poi beach, Bang Ao Salat beach, Ban Laem Kluai beach, Bang Khlong Phrao beach and Ban Lak
CHANG ISLAND 2008-05-21 23:24:00 Chang Island national marine park (Elephant Island) is at 492 sq.km, Thailand’s second largest island after Phuket Island. The entire park officially encompasses 192 sq.km of land surface, and 458 sq.km of sea. Change Island itself is about 70% undisturbed island rainforest – the best preserved in Thailand. Beach forest and mangrove are also found in abundance. Other major islands in the park
AROUND CHANG ISLAND 2008-05-21 22:48:31 In general the more interesting hikes can be found in the southern half of the Chang island where there are fewer roads. At the northern end you can walk form Khlong Son beach to Hat Sai Khao beach in about 1 ½ to two hours, from Hat Sai Khao beach to Hat Khlong Phrao beach in about two hours, and from Hat Khlong Phrao beach to Hat Kaibae beach in about two hours. All three are straightforward wa
PHUKET 2008-05-18 00:43:00 The country’s largest island, most populous, most visited island, a whirl of color and cosmopolitanism that’s a province into itself, Phuket Island is dubbed by the tourist industry. The coastal terrain of the 810 sq.km island encompasses broad, sandy bays, rocky peninsulas, limestone cliffs, forested hills and tropical vegetation while the interior has rice paddies, rubber, cashew nut, cacao,
VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL ON PHUKET ISLAND 2008-05-15 10:02:33 The Vegetarian Festival, Phuket Island’s most important festival, takes place during the first nine days of the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar – usually late September or October.Basically, the festival celebrates the beginning of the month of ‘Taoist Lent’, when devout Chinese abstain from eating all meat and meat products. In Phuket Island, the festival activities are centerd
PHI PHI ISLAND 2008-05-13 10:37:54 Phi Phi Island consists of two islands situated about 40km from Krabi, Phi Phi Leh Island and Phi Phi Don Island. Both are part of Hat Noppharat Thara beach/Phi Phi Island National Marine Park, though this means little in the face of the blatant land encroachment now taking place on Phi Phi Don .Only parts of Phi Phi Don Island are actually under the administration of the Mational Parks Division
AO THIAN BEACH 2008-05-13 00:58:55 Ao Thian beach locate at the east coast of Samet Island and South of Ao Wong Deuan beach, from this beach south things start to get much quieter. It is better known by its English name ‘Candlelight Beach’. Ao Thian beach (Candlelight Beach) is quite scenic, and rocky outcrops break up the beach, though there’s plenty of sand to stretch out upon. Unfortunately the bungalow operation here is n
AO WONG DEUAN BEACH 2008-05-13 00:54:36 Ao Wong Deuan beach located at the east coast of Samet Island and south of Ao Cho beach, this once gorgeous bay is now filled with speedboats and jet-skis. Ao Wong Deuan beach has a lot of accommodation packed into a small area, making things a bit cramped. The crescent shaped beach is still nice, but it is noisy and often crowded. There are three boats – the Malibu, Seahorse and Vongduern – g
AO CHO BEACH 2008-05-13 00:53:46 Ao Cho beach located at the east coast of Samet Island and south of Ao Nuan beach, a five minute walk across the next headland form Ao Nuan beach, this beach has its own pier and can be reached directly from Ban Phe on the boat White Shark or aboard the supply boat. Ao Cho beach just north of crowded Ao Wong Deuan beach, it’s fairly quiet here, though the beach is not among Samet Island’s best
AO NUAN BEACH 2008-05-13 00:47:01 Ao Nuan beach located at the east coast of Samet Island and south of Ao Phutsa beach (Ao Thaptim Beach) is one of the quieter, more secluded places to stay without having to get to the far south of the Samet Island. But the food is quite good here. It’s a five minute walk over the headland form Ao Phutsa beach.
AO PHUTSA BEACH 2008-05-12 01:11:14 Ao Phutsa beach or Ao Thapthim beach located at the east coast of Samet Island and south of Ao Phai beach. After Ao Phutsa beach, the remaining beaches south are separated from one another by fairly steep headlands. To get from one to the next, you have a choice of negotiating rocky paths over the hilly points or walking west to the main road, which goes along the center of the island, then cuttin
AO HIN KHOK BEACH 2008-05-12 01:07:38 Ao Hin Khok beach located at the east coast of Samet Island and south of Sai Kaew beach. Hin Khok beach’s size is about half of Hat Sai Kaew beach but just as pretty – the rocks that give the beach its name add a certain character. Hin Khok beach is separated from Sai Kaew beach by a rocky point surmounted by a mermaid statue, a representation of the mermaid that carried the mythical Phra Apha
AO PHAI BEACH 2008-05-12 01:05:53 Ao Phai beach located at the east coast of Samet Island and south of Hin Khok beach. Ao Phai beach is another shallow bay with a nice wide beach. It pretty quiet, fairly crowded and good view of beach. Near sea breeze, the main road south to Ao Wong Deuan beach turns inland and heads down the middle of the Samet Island. A little farther along the road from here is where the cross-island road to Ao
HAT SAI KAEW BEACH 2008-05-12 01:01:55 Hat Sai Kaew beach located at the east coast of Samet Island. It’s the prettiest beach called “Diamond Sand Beach”, is 800m long and 25 to 30m wide. Hat Sai Kaew beach’s bungalows are the most commercial on the Samet Island, with video in the restaurants at night and lots of lights. All face of beach and most have outdoor restaurants serving a varaity of seafood. Like elsewhere in Thailand
SIMILAN ISLAND 2008-05-11 11:51:28 Rated by Skin Driver magazine as one of the world’s top ten spots for both above-water and underwater beauty, the nine islands that make up the Similan Island national park are among the most exciting diving destinations in Thailand. Massive granite boulders set magnificently against turquoise waters give the islands their distinctive character, but it’s the thirty-meter visibility that draws
PAH NGAN ISLAND 2008-05-11 11:42:46 Pha Ngan Island, about half hour’s boat ride north of Samui Island, has become the island of choise for those who find Samui Island too crowded or too expensive. It started out as a sort of ‘back-door escape’ from Samui Island but is well established now, with a regular boat service and over 156 places to stay around the 190 sq km island. It’s definitely worth a visit for its remaining des
PATTAYA BEACH 2008-05-11 11:38:13 Pattaya beach, 147km south-east of Bangkok, is Thailand’s busiest beach resort with over 12,000 rooms available in hotels, bungalows and guesthouses spread along Hat Pattaya beach and adjoining Hat Naklua beach and Hat Jomtien beach. Pattaya is the most active of the three, a crowded crescent of sand where jet skis and powerboats slice the surf and parasail’s billow over the palms all day long
AO PATONG 2008-05-26 09:52:07 The most popular and developed of all Phuket’s beaches, AO PATONG 5km south of Ao Kamala and 15km west of Phuket town, 3km long good sand and plenty of shaded by casuarinas and parasols beach. There’re the densest concentration of top hotels, restaurants and bars including the island’s biggest choice of water-sports and diving centers. On the downside, a congestion of high-rise hotels, tour
NIGHTLIFE AND ENTERTAINMENT ON PATONG BEACH 2008-05-26 09:48:56 There are too much of Patong’s nightlife is packed into the strip of open-air bar-beers along Soi Bangla and the tiny sois that lead off it. The gay entertainment district is mainly concentrated around the network of small sois and dozens of bar beers in front of Paradise Hotel on Thanon Raja Uthit. If you’re looking for something else with your kids in the evening, the recommended place is Ho
HAT NAI THON 2008-05-26 09:46:23 Go to south of Hat Nai Yang down is the next bay is HAT NAI THON, small, one of the least commercialized beaches on the Phuket Island. The 500m long gold-sand bay is shaded by casuarinas and surrounded by plantations of coconut, banana, pineapple and rubber trees. There are not too many places to stay at the beach, a few jeeps for hire and a restaurant attach to each hotel. But there’s good snor
AROUND PHUKET ISLAND 2008-05-26 09:38:47 This account of the island starts at the top of Phuket’s most appealing coast and follows an anti-clockwise route around the perimeter, through the chief tourist centers. The west coast boasts a series of long sandy beaches punctuated by shear rocky headlands, unprotected form the monsoons and consequently quite rough and windswept from May to October. Shadowed by the mainland, the east coast is
HAT NAI YANG 2008-05-26 08:44:02 The long curved sweep of HAT NAI YANG, despite also being part of the Sirinath National Park, 5km south of Hat Mai Khao and 30km north of Phuket town, has become fairly developed, albeit in a relatively low-key way, with around thirty open-air restaurant and small bars set up along the beachfront road and the track that run off it, tour agency, transport rental, mini-markets and internet center. T
HAT KAMALA AND LAEM SINGH 2008-05-26 08:40:20 Sandwiched between the beach and the inland Muslim village of Ban Kamala, small of HAT KAMALA, about 200m west of the main Patong-Surin road and 26km northwest of Phuket town. Hat Kamala has an almost Mediterranean ambience and is one of the most appealingly low-key resorts on Phuket, with cheerfully painted houses, no high-rises or big hotels. Aside from the accommodation which is clustered eithe
AO SURIN (AO PANSEA) 2008-05-26 08:37:00 The bay south of Ao Bang Tao, beyond Laem Son cape, favorite haunt of royalty and Hollywood stars is AO SURIN (sometime known as AO PANSEA). Nearly always a peaceful spot, it boasts Phuket’s most indulgent resort, the Amanpuri, part of the super exclusive, Hong Kong-based Aman chain, where luxuries include a personal attendant, a private Thai-style pavilion and unlimited use of the black marble
AO BANG TAO 2008-05-26 08:31:40 The 8km long of AO BANG TAO is effectively the private beach of the up-market Laguna Resort, an “integrated resort” comprising five luxury hotels set in extensive landscaped grounds around a series of lagoons. There’s fee transport between the hotels, and for a small fee all Laguna guests can use facilities at any one of the five hotels which include 15 swimming pools, 30 restaurants, severa
THE EAST COAST OF PHUKET ISLAND 2008-05-31 10:25:09 Tin mines and docks take up a lot of Phuket’s east coast, which is thus neither scenic nor swim able. East of Rawai, the sizeable offshore island of Lone Island pretects the broad sweep of Ao Chalong, where many a Chinese fortune was made from the huge quantities of tin mined in the bay. Ao Chalong tapers off eastwards into Laem Panwa, at the tip of which you’ll find the Phuket Aquarium, 10km
THACHATCHAI NATURE TRAIL 2008-05-31 10:21:43 41km north of the Thalang intersection, just 700m south of the Sarasin Bridge exit to the mainland, a sigh east off Highway 402 brings you to the Thachatchai Nature Trail, part of the Sirinath National Park which covers the west-coast beaches of Hat Mai Khao and Hat Nai Yang. Although probably not worth a special trip, the trail does combine nicely with a visit to Hat Mai Khao or Hat Nai Yang –
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