Aerial view to Koh Samui and Koh Phang Nga

1. Northern part of Chaweng Beach. Last time when I stayed at Iyara (the main big road from the middle bottom left towards the coast - you will see a u-shape complex. That's Iyara), I could walk to the other side of that little long island belt - very shallow just at a foot deep.

2. Another view to Chaweng - see how shallow of this sandy beach bottom and the shoare line to the aqua blue sea.

3. on the left middle, you would see the Samui Airport. While writing this, the news today told there was an accident for a Bangkok Airway flight (ATR72 aircraft) from Krabi to here. I took the same flight segment from Krabi a few years ago. The HK tourist Association claimed that almost no HK tourist would take such a route. It's just their tour service arrangement. Nowadays people can book their flights on internet and they can book one way from one point to the other without such roundtrip restriction set by major airlines.

4. A panoramic view to Chaweng/Chaweng Noi(middle left). When I enlarge the photo, I could see the Sarann at the left end of Chaweng Noi.

5. the North coast of Koh Samui - the closet part is where most of the hip resorts are, as you would see those small secluded beaches along the peninsula tip.

6. Southern part of Koh Phang Nga - about 40 minute speed ferry ride from Koh Samui's Bophut. This place is crowded with lots of people for the full moon party. I am not that much into it; so I haven't got a chance of going there. This full moon part originally was played by 3 young guys. They played guitar on a beach of this island in a full moon night back in 1985. So they told the others how much they enjoyed playing music at such a harmonic atmosphere. Later on, more and more music lovers go there for such a live entertainment. As time went by, the original nature became another thing. People now go there for dance parties and sometimes it's not just for dance or music.

The northern part of Koh Phang Nga

Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui, Thailand

Chaweng Beach, the busiest beach of Koh Samui.

1. Iyara Hotel - I stayed in this hotel for my first trip in Samui in July 2005. 2. this part of Chaweng beach is very shallow. You can walk to the other side of that island at a dept not over your hip.

3. this is the northern part of Chaweng. 4. Iyara has a nice BBQ buffett at around THB450.

5. another view to the island. 6. lots of restaurants selling seafood but again it's not recommended to try seafood not being kept in fridge. Remember you are not in Northern Europe.


7/8. Along Chaweng, there are plenty of trendy beach side restaurants.

9. Another open area seafood sampler.
11. a very long beach of about 4-5km long. 12. The Library - supposed to be a very hip resort but as I tried to go in, I got warned by the security guard for not taking photos if I am not the hotel guest. I simply told him "what if I go in for a dinner?". I don't think he can understand what I say because that "no photo" warning is a routine speaking for him.

13/14. Not because of the grape I can't eat must be sour, there isn't any nice things inside. If any of you are familiar with Propaganda - a progressive shop selling some interesting design stuff, you may be led to think about that shop when you see this human character.

Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui

After I went to Chaweng Beach, I can tell myself not to judge on something from our eyes. We need to feel it by ourselves. The sand is not sand actually. It's kind of muddy and feels a bit unpleasant when you step into it.