Friday, July 14, 2006


This is the place where we had our lunch and breakfast, covered with trees and facing the sea.
Those benches and umbrella will cost you 60 baht if you start to warm your buttocks there.
A panoramic view of the beach This is the island I went during my last trip to Bangkok. It's the Koh Samed island, an island that is not so popular among the farangs(foreigner in Thai) but most Thais will tell you that is a beautiful beach. I located near Rayong a fishing village where you need to take a ferry to this island. The trip to Rayong from Bangkok alone takes around 3 hours and from the rayong to Koh Samed is around 30 to 45 minutes. You will need to pay 20 baht if you are a local and 200 baht for farang. Me and my collegues managed to slip through paying 20 baht for each person. :P Lucky we have a local tour guide to speak on our behalf. The funny thing is the information board written in Thai words stated that entrance fee is 20 baht and for english, entrance fee is 200 baht cause they knew farangs wont know how to read Thai language.

The beach is quite clean , water not crystal clear but decent enough for me. The beach covered with white sand. No rubbish laying around. Jet ski is not allowed. We spent 2 days and one night there. Quite an unforgettable trip.

ps. "Koh" means "Island" in thai. There are several fine@well known islands located on the Gulf of Thailand for example Koh Chang, Koh Phi Phi and Koh Samui.

2 comments:

Duckee on cruise! said...

interesting,... and I know who is the tour guide,.... Miss Thailand!

E.T.K.Y. said...

Oh then u must have seen girl in bikini. Maybe just only a feet away. Toi Toi!