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Day Five - Tour of the South |
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From Chumpon to Ko Samui (ride) |
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In the morning we shall ride South on the highway No 4 over the
hilly area to Surat Thani where we shall take a car ferry to
Samui. The crossing takes 90 minutes. The island of Ko Samui
lies off the east coast in the Gulf of Thailand, near the
mainland commercial town of Surat Thani. Since the 1850s, Ko
Samui has been visited by Chinese merchants sailing from
Hainan Island in the South China Sea to trade coconuts and
cotton, the island's two most profitable products.
As Ko Samui's reputation as the "alternative Thai island"
grew, so did the number of visitors landing on its shores.
It is still in some places an idyllic tropical retreat with
little traffic, clean warm water, fine sand beaches, and
simple bungalows--but hotels, some of them quite luxurious,
have sprung up like mushrooms, and some beaches see heavy
tourist traffic. Our resort is on one of
the popular beaches - Lamai beach. Experience night life
on Samui or take an evening boat to Koh Phangan to join a full
moon party (they are on every night not just at full
moon). Accommodation with breakfast on Ko Samui. |
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