Samui Paradise Chaweng

An Intriguing wander through Australia and South East Asia, to see what treasures the world holds.

... des plusieurs kilomètres, les résidences hôtelières se succèdent a l'infini. Surprise en arrivant a mon hôtel, le Samui Paradise Chaweng, il semble que je sois tombé dans une colonie d'allemands, cela me change un peu des Ros.... En fait, j'ai ...

... less off...including cab ride home.  Glenn had dropped here down. So comes the end of Ko Samui....tomorrow we head for Krabi.  This island is a paradise island and only for the cost being so much higher than anywhere else in the country you ...

... the phone was handy - Week 1 nearly over - doing plenty of research on our next destinations Tomorrow we leave for the more lively Chaweng - further south east of the island from our resort in Bophet OH AND THE FOOD - were back in town now - very tasty ...

... comfort of a flight we arrived in Samui to a beautiful sunset and a beer. All was well with the world... not for long. Samui's chaweng beach turned out to be a dump. our beach hut was putrid. The windows were matted with mossies and filth. The ...

... cleared, allowing us our first chance to swim in the pool, a welcome relief after all the frustration of the previous week. So, Ko Samui, paradise island or not ? It might be. It wasn't when we were there that's for sure , but another time when the sun ...

... spent in the hotel and I downed 10 Chang beers at the Mambo Bar and Green Mango. It was a different experience walking through Chaweng Beach at night on my own. I was offered various forms of debauchery from drugs to sexy time which I politely declined. ...

... each with a huge fish tank full of colorful fish. Our resort where we'd stay for just a couple nights was awesome. Baan Chaweng Resort was smack in the middle of Chaweng Beach and had private beach access and awesome breakfasts with omelets made to ...

... the place is right on the beach, has a pool and is in the quieter part of town has made it our own little piece of paradise. The beach sand is nice and fine so is great for a natural exfoliant. It must look pretty weird to people walking past to see ...

Took the 9am boat to Krabi from Phi Phi and then flew from Krabi to Koh Samui. The airport was a tropical paradise! Baggage collection was lined with palm trees! Shame the rest of the island wasn't as nice! Stayed in Chaweng which was like a seedy ...

... crowded with backpackers and hundreds of mangey dogs. It was littered with beer bottles, garbage, joint butts and other such delights. Paradise? Not quite! One evening we took a taxi to a quiet bay about 15 minutes away. We climbed on to the back ...

... next few days we will probably spend relaxing and getting ready for the next part of our journey which takes us through Malaysia down to Singapore a busy few weeks to come but I think we will still be looking for our paradise when we leave this ...

... her the weather wasnt great. After that the weather was incredible. We didnt have any rain for 3 weeks. Koh Samui is paradise. We stayed on Chaweng beach which is by far the most popular tourist destination on the island. Chaweng is a long white ...

... way back in the year 1971, two tourists arrived in Samui via a coconut boat, stumbling upon paradise. If they were to revisit Samui today, in particular Chaweng Beach with its wall to wall shop til you drop packaged commercialism sense of paradise, would ...

... dir zwei Tage wie eine Woche vor. Hängst du eine Woche am Strand rum, kommt dir das wie zwei Tage vor. Koh Samui und speziell Chaweng ist nichts für junge, weltoffene Menschen. Der Ort ist so zugekleistert mit Läden, fliegenden Händlern, Resorts und ...

... earlier in the week. So far Koh Samui is the best island for tourists wanting the complete package and is relatively cheap. Chaweng town is our recommended area and has some great value for money resorts, plus a large selection of restaurants and ...

... when this place was untouched by Western commercial influence, Chaweng is now sadly a McStarbucks ridden Kentucky Fried hole, not the island paradise it was ten years ago and it's sad to see. Anyway Lamai whilst still a little Westernised, yes there's ...

... together - snorkelling at Ko Tao and then lunch and more snorkelling on this beautiful island called Neunyuang, it was like paradise, apparently it's the only place in the world where 3 small islands are joined together by tiny walkways of sand, you ...

Most people go to Ko Samui because the name conjures up tropical beaches, wonderful bars and restaurants, an island paradise.  Maybe ten or so years ago it was exactly that, but now the island is sadly fading.  I visited the island ten years ago ...