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Koh Samui Thailand Activities Guide
Koh Samui is the gateway for vacation travel in the Gulf of Thailand. One hour flight times from Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket make a Koh Samui holiday accessible to anyone travelling to the Land of Smiles. Considering the tropical climate, most outdoor activities on Koh Samui involve the water. From Scuba Diving to Songkran, a trip to Samui wouldn't be complete without getting wet. Anglers and boaters will enjoy the seemingly endless number of islands available with only a small boat trip. Angthong National Marine Park is only one hour away yet visible the entire time. Photographers would be well advised to carry extra memory cards or film as the case may be, as the number of islands is insignificant when compared to the number of photo opportunities. Songkran is the Celebration of the Thai New Year. What began with a monks blessing has evolved into the largest water fight of the year. Chiang Mai, Pattaya and Udon typically lead the way when it comes to celebrating this holiday. Workers abandon their jobs in the south to travel north to join their families in what becomes a more than one week straight, armed to the teeth with the latest in water gun and garbage pail technology all to splash anyone and everyone as they celebrate the New Year. For those who enjoy riding off road, Koh Samui offers several choices for horse back riding as well as atv's or four wheelers as they are sometimes referred to. Take a trip into the islands interior , check out one or more of the islands waterfalls, some of which get quite a crowd on weekends with young and young at heart trying to outdo the others by diving off of the rocks into a large pool at the base of Na Muang waterfall. Koh Samui is crawling, literally, with a vast array of wildlife, many of which are unique to Samui and south east Asia. Monitor Lizards, cobras, elephants and more can all be found if you look past the wildlife headed into some of the islands more famous bars and pubs. The island of Koh Tao is a short boat ride north and is known as the diving capital of south east Asia. One of the most common comments about diving at Koh Tao is the chance at seeing a whale shark. The biggest fish in the world, whale sharks grow up to 15 meters in length making for an impressive underwater experience. Seeing one of these spectacular creatures is considered to be quite rare, as at Chumpon pinnacle off of Koh Tao, there may only be 10-15 of them spotted annually. Koh Phangan is only a twenty minute boat ride from Samui and offers a large number of secluded and picturesque beaches to choose from. Haad Rin beach, though not as secluded as it once was, now attracts up to twenty thousand party-goers every month for its own unique celebration of each months Full Moon. Drinking and dancing on the beach go hand in hand as each of the revellers finds their own particular dance beat out of the many different sounds available from one end of the beach to the other. With everyone enjoying themselves into the very early morning hours, the boat ride back to Samui always seems longer than the trip out but the heat in the summer months makes for a long afternoon nap in the air conditioning and when you wake up, there are a number of spas available to help you make up for the night before. Direct flights are now available between Samui and Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and other locations in China, making Koh Samui accessible to everyone looking for an outdoor adventure in south east Asia. |
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Added by kohabitat on May 19, 7:25 AM.
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Koh Samui sounds great. I spend a fair bit of time in Thailand but have never been to Samui yet.
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i originally came here for a two month holiday. that "holiday" has now become a 2 year adventure. koh samui is a wonderful, energetic, eclectic place and as long as i've been here, each day it looks just a bit different.
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Songkran - "Chiang Mai, Pattaya and Udon typically lead the way when it comes to celebrating this holiday." It's a nightmare! Maybe the tourists enjoy it but most expats I know either batten down the hatches and stay in for the duration or go elsewhere. Loi Krathong is much nicer.
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i am one of the few expats who happen to love Songkran. I don't think i'd be happy without spending the 13th on a motorbike, driving through chaweng or lamai and getting soaked by the bar girls. maybe in time this will pass but i hope not, it's still the most fun i've had in my years here. loy krathong is very elegant here though and as it coincides with my birthday it is always a great night out. watching thousands of candles float away into the night sky over the gulf of thailand is a very pleasant sight.
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"... watching thousands of candles float away into the night sky over the gulf of thailand is a very pleasant sight." Yeah, I love it. And despite not usually being superstitious I kinda believe in sending your troubles floating away. I can even just about manage to ignore the guys in the boats a little way offshore raiding your Loi Krathong float for whatever coins or anything else they can salvage.
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"I can even just about manage to ignore the guys in the boats a little way offshore raiding your Loi Krathong float for whatever coins or anything else they can salvage." hey, you just gave me an idea...
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" hey, you just gave me an idea..." Gotta be realistic when you live in these countries. LOL!
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it's all about the baht, baby! you know, i've seen pics of expats in the bkk area holding a sign that says "2,000 baht short of my return fare home" etc. maybe i can make a sign that says "will boom boom for ha-sip satang" and save a few baht that way?
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Ha sip satang is a bit cheap. LOL! But it's amazing what people stoop to to get some money. There was an English guy who used to hang around outside a supermarket here. He approached us and said he had no change and needed to make an urgent phonecall - could we help? Sure, we gave him a few coins. The following week, he did the same again. And I said, "I recognise you from last week,". He ran off, and we've never seen him since. He's probably moved to a new pitch. Sheesh. Imagine being so desperate as having to beg for a few baht. Very scary!
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well, giving them a few baht is one way to make sure you never have to deal with them again i guess lol. a few months ago i was walking down the chaweng beach road and as i passed a restaurant, two farang girls asked me if i speak english, i replied with "i learn still but make practice for you". they went on to tell me a story about losing all of their money and could i spot them a few baht so that they can buy hamburgers, i replied with "very kind of you to buy hamburgers for me but already my stomach is bursting with squid" usually my standard response to a street urchin request for money is something like " what a coincidence, i was just going to ask you the same thing!"
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Do you have a large expat community in Koh Samui? Obviously Pattaya is a tourist destination but where we live it's pretty much long term expats who have retired here - mostly Germans and Swiss.
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thriving expat community here. Samui Expats Club is celebrating their 3 year anniversary next month. with all of the villas going up, we have people from all parts of the globe living here permanently now, russians, koreans,indians,and of course the germans,english,americans etc. a pretty good mix actually.
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