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 Samui, Thailand travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in Samui, Thailand.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
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| P Smith |
21 August 2004 |
Stayed at Coral Bay Resort - Samui, Thailand.
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The best way for getting around the island is by motor scooter. The resort offers rentals, but if there are none available, there are plenty rental shops nearby.
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| J Galbraith |
12 August 2004 |
Stayed at Muang Kulaypan Hotel - Samui, Thailand.
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The Amari Palm Reef has a wonderful new Italian restaurant called Prego which is stylish and has great food. The Coco Blues Cafe down the road has good food and excellent jazz/blues music. We also ate at the Tamarind Restaurant in the Impiana Resort and had a lovely dinner there.
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| J Lawrence |
07 August 2004 |
Stayed at White House Hotel, The - Samui, Thailand.
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We went on a tour - Anthong Marine Park - which was a group of unspoilt islands. We did snorkelling and sea kayaking. Lovely and relaxing. We went with a company called Sea Safari. The down side was it was a 2 hour trip to get over which wasn't told beforehand. Canopy adventures was another tour which could be booked in Chaweng where you swung on ropes in the jungle! The children loved it. We hired a car and toured the island - very interesting. We travelled mostly by taxis which were easy to get and inexpensive. The beach restaurants by the White House hotel were cheap and good.
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| Z Adamjee |
09 July 2004 |
Stayed at Central Samui Beach Resort - Samui, Thailand.
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Since we had two young boys, we only managed to go to the Aquarium and the Tiger show, which was okay. Food at "Poppies" was outstanding and we really enjoyed our evening at Zico's also. Some nice shops also for household stuff and jewellery.
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| O Stienen |
14 June 2004 |
Stayed at Impiana Resort Samui - Samui, Thailand.
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There is a good beach restaurant for lunch and dinner next to Impiana. Especially Baan Ma-Praw is highly recommended. The beach is nice but nothing special; it is relative narrow and gets very crowded close to the hotel.
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| R Scott |
28 May 2004 |
Stayed at Muang Kulaypan Hotel - Samui, Thailand.
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I've been to Phuket before and I would have to say that I enjoyed Koh Samui more. It is much less developed and therfore not the madhouse that the other island is. The one downside is that it can be hard to find a good meal as most of the restaurants cater to European palates (ie blander than average food). Koh Samui is a great island to relax by the beach and catch some sun and just plain unwind. In addition to the Muang Kulaypan hotel and its restaurant I also enjoyed Arc Bar (great place to spend a few hours at sunset with a drink, the cool crowd, and great music) and Eat Sense Restaurant. It has a perfect location and better than average food.
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| T Lim ming tiong |
13 May 2004 |
Stayed at Arayaburi Boutique Resort (Bayview Village) - Samui, Thailand.
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If you are at koh samui, rent a jeep to travel around at koh samui at least 1 day.
As for where to eat, you can choose Drop In Restaurant. It's cheap and good(Chaweng). If you like to lay around at beach and have same drinks, go to chaweng beach and you can find few pubs and restaurants along the beach and spend a great evening with your loved one.
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| I Jannes |
03 May 2004 |
Stayed at Amari Palm Reef Resort - Samui, Thailand.
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Go to Nathan restaurant, it's a pure thai restaurant with great dishes and very good value for money but don't expect romantic flair.
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| M Flux |
14 February 2004 |
Stayed at Impiana Resort Samui - Samui, Thailand.
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Beautiful lush island (Koh Samui). Car hire was well worth doing for a day. Waterfall 2 had the most fantastic views, but took 1hr to climb (only 15 mins to return!). Lamai shopping prices were much cheaper than Chaweng and the beach sellers were the most expensive. Recommend the Tamarind Restaurant and Baan Ma-Praw.
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| D Keenan-bokr |
03 February 2004 |
Stayed at Samui Peninsula Spa and Resort - Samui, Thailand.
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Always bargain with the collective pickup taxis. You can usually cut the quoted fare in half. We enjoy the Drop Inn on the main chaweng road. Good seafood and nice cocktails. They have a very good selection of western foods too. Next door is Baskin Robbins. Starbucks have also arrived on the island. Great coffee and cheesecake served here.
Would recommend that you rent a car/jeep and tour the island youself. Remember, drive on the left! Not difficult to get used to if you come from a country where its right hand driving. There are very little traffic lights or intersections on the island.
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