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Phuket Samui Similan Chang Trang..

-Thailand Islands, a drop in the Indian ocean - Andaman Sea.

Actually, which ocean ? It's partly the Indian Ocean - Andaman Sea- and the Gulf of Thailand, left and right border. Thailand Islands are like strings of beach-fringed pearls with lush tropical jungle, set amid warm tropical waters, emerald seas and are one of the country's biggest draws.

Phuket, Koh Samui, Phi Phi, Koh Chang, Koh Tao, the Similan and Surin Islands in the Andaman Sea, plus the dozens of islands in the Tarutao Archipelago close to Malaysia have all become well-established destinations.

There are other small, pristine and untouched Thailand islands in the Trang Archipelago and off the Krabi coast and in the Phang Nga Bay area.

For the adventure minded who seek an island retreat without the crowds, but with all the comfort and service, it starts at the eastern side of the Gulf of Thailand with Koh Chang, closer to Bangkok and the crowd is Koh Samet.

On the western side of the Gulf of Thailand off Chumphon and slightly north of Koh Samui is Koh Tao, dedicated to scuba diving.

Off Krabi coast one can enjoy the relaxed charm of Koh Lanta, with excellent accommodation and easy access, but the two Koh Lanta's it needs to use the ferry, which takes quite some patience during high season.

-Koh Samet

is a favorite Bangkok weekend destination and that means its overcrowded, its to near to Bangkok for a pristine experience.

Tropical islands like the Islands of Thailand located close to the equator offer a great setting for the right vacation or holiday, one of it is Koh Chang on the eastern side of the Gulf of Thailand.

The island weather round the year is good and

At Koh Chang Dusit Beach Hotel

between November and April its even very good. The sun is on every day to make your tropical Thai island vacation perfect. Diving, snorkeling, fishing, lay down on the beach, have a great massage at the beach under the umbrella and real great nightlife awaits you afterwards. Being surrounded by beautiful nature above and under the

water surface nature and the people will lift you up where you belong, at least for the Thai Island vacation period.A tropical island vacation on a Thai Island in the Andaman Sea or the Gulf of Thailand is something everyone would be glad to have on the travel agenda. Phuket is a dream vacation, plus Koh Chang, Koh Samui, Koh Tao, Koh Lanta and many other beautiful Thai Islands

-Phuket

Coming to Phuket means, you enter fun and pleasure county, plenty of beaches, fairways for your golf passion, great nightclub's, pleasure bar's, restaurant's on the beach with food and drinks letting you drift away, because of the relaxed atmosphere of Phuket Island.

If you want to have it calm and your wallet or credit card account has enough reserve try Phuket Laguna. Phuket Laguna is an attractive assembly of upper market hotels and villas, about 20 kilometers north of Phuket Town around some artificial lagoons and a beachfront.

Less than one percent of the landmass of Phuket was affected by the tsunami disaster - resulting in no major long-term impact on the island. Everything is just the same as before. I remember some headlines of English and German magazines after the Tsunami, they screamed in red letters... Phuket is destroyed.. and this is about the overall quality when "western" media bring stories about Thailand strait nonsense.

Of course there is also Ko Phi Phi, Ko Samui und many other Thai Islands.

For more info on Similan tours timing and booking check here.

Since the Similan Islands are mainly a target for scuba diving the scuba tour operators also offer padi qualification. Many of the Similan live aboard tours operate out of Phuket the biggest island in Thailand 100 km to the south. Similan diving is real great as you can see looking at the Similan photos have a Similan dive when you are around in southern Thailand you wont regret. Similan islands are mainly for diving, there are no real accommodations on the islands, only a few Thai style bungalows on the main island, they are almost all the time fully booked and not in a very good condition.

Thailand is for sure not Samui paradise, its too chaotic to be paradise, but its not bad. The most interesting are the beaches, but there are other things to relax, maybe a elephant ride, a swim in the  in a waterfall basin etc.

There are plenty of beach on Koh Samui Island Thailand, a busy beach like Samui Chaweng beach is on for almost 24 hour and there are the other beaches like Lamai Beach on Samui where there is a more relaxing atmosphere und there are plenty of other Samui beaches.

Almost all Samui Island beaches are lined with palm trees, have good sand and plenty of  Samui beach resorts, hotels, clubs around.

Ko Samui Islands bungalows are offered in any price range so is Samui accommodation, the closer to the Samui beach the higher the price.

Bungalow on Ko Samui are sometimes quite solid and have a good quality, but you also can have the grass hut with palm leaves on top, only the Sky is the limit in Samui.

One of the nicer hotels and not so expensive is the Blue Lagoon at Koh Samui, Chaweng Beach. A good swimming pool and direct entrance from the rooms into the emerald sea, just in front. There are plenty of other Ko Samui resort just beside, behind, further up and further down.

Club's at Samui are plenty and usually discos in the evening some are integrated into hotels in Ko Samui.

Naturally there are all kind of spa at Ko Samui, some within Koh Samui's resort & spa's and other spa are just a stand alone venture.

Wherever you go you will find Samui coconut. The main business on Koh Samui Island before the tourist boom was centered around the coconuts and this is still very visible today.

Almost every day the coconuts of the island are burning. A other version around Samui Island coconuts is the Coconut Monkey.

In Koh Samui Island as well as in other parts of  Thailand monkeys are trained to climb up the palm tree and turn the coconut until it breaks and falls down. The monkeys are on a long rope around the neck, every pull of the monkey owner really hurt them.

Koh Samui Island Thailand Seafood Restaurant

The Tarutao archipelago are dozens of pristine islands in Tarutao national marine park, a Thailand province in the Andaman Sea.

Around the second world war Ko Tarutao functioned as a prison gulag for political prisoners.

Now Ko Tarutao national marine park has emerged as a great island destination in Thailand. Tarutao islands are a little bit off the usual Thailand tourist tracks, far in the south, off in the ocean near the Malaysian border, Langkawi Island in Malaysia can be spotted on a clear day and Penang is about 200 km further south.

From Ban Pak Bara at the end of highway 4052 in Satun province southern Thailand ships are leaving for the Tarutao archipelago, mainly for Koh Tarutao, the main island with the National Park Headquarter and some bungalows on different beaches. The same ship travel further to Koh Lipe after dropping people at Koh Tarutao.

Koh Tarutao Island Boats Thailand

Island beaches are plenty, diving the island is great but its primary snorkeling, since there is no real scuba diving base around. Some small island resorts are around in the form of  beach bungalow clusters, you can also camp on the beaches is you like.

On Koh Lipe is sea gypsies land and they rent out some kind of small houses, there is a continuous struggle between the moken sea gypsies and other Thai from the mainland who have more money and try to take away the land from them with all kind of tricks. Since officially this is a Thai national marine park no one can build anything anywhere with the exception of the Moken because they have been living there before it war declared a national park.

Actually the Moken or as they are called Salon in Myanmar's Andaman Sea came to the islands probably 2000 years ago, no one actually knows any real figures.

Tarutao Thailand or the south islands are a real great destination to get away.

Koh Tarutao Jetty Thailand