Ko Samui Travel Forum

We will arrive in Ko Samui Thursday and am wondering which beach to stay on? My wife and I would like a beachfront hut (nothing fancy) where we can just lounge around for a few days, preferrably at a shallow, clear beach with not too many people.

With that said I'm ruling out Chaweng as our base but will visit. What do you think would be the best beach for this?

South Lamai, Manaem, Bo Phut, Big Buddha? And why?

Any beachfront hut recommendations along with the beach?

What's Samui like in late May/Early June? Is the weather okay and is the place generally busy or quiet?

We were there last September so don't mind occassional showers but don't really fancy the idea of days of rain etc.

Thanks :)

hi.. im coming in April 2nd week.

1. what would weather be like?
2. wher will i get budget accomodation and good area to stay..?
3. what are things to do / not to miss
4. how to get there from bkk, other than air
5. how to go to phuket from there besides air

any help appreciated
Cheers

Hi there!
Can anyone recommend simple Accommodation in Ko Samui for 2 adults and 3 younger children. We would like to be a bit away from the parties and nightlife and the most important part is a beautiful beach for swimming and snorkelling. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks, Eva

I included Ko Samui to our trip this August with my family (2 adults, 3 kids). After reading the reviews on Ko Samui I wonder if it is a bit too commercial for us. Which island would you recommend for a family with small kids (9, 7 & 4)? We would love just to enjoy the beach (without sellers to hassle us) and snorkel. Thanks for your help. Eva

What is the best way to go from the Ferry pier (coming from Sura Thani) to Lamai Beach and how much is the cost?

have been given these names of cheapish places to stay on chaweng has anyone stayed at any of these and is the beach near then nice?
cheers

Coming to samui with a few friends in march can anyone recommend any restaurants, pubs, clubs to enjoy our time in samui

HI
just hoping someone can help me here. Has anyone stayed in this hotel? I really need to know if the resort is actually on the beach and if it opens out to the beach. Do they have sun lounges?

We normally stay at another hotel in samui but this one is well priced so was thinking of trying something new

any help is appreciated!

cheers

Hi, we are traveling to Ko Samui in march and due to Airline changing 2 of my
flights I mis my connecting flight from Ko Samui to Phuket, my question is, can I book a coach online from Ko Samui to Phuket or is it safe to wait and do it in Ko Samui, and also where can I book.

Hi there,

I'm going to Thailand for first time in late March, and I'm planning to spend a few days in Koh Samui/Koh Phangan and have a few questions about where to stay/what to do. Basically purpose of the time is to let my hair down, get some rays, eat some nice food, have some drinks and if there's anything well worth seeing/doing I'll do it.

Not sure how best to apportion time, my current plan is to spend a day or so on Koh Samui, then go over to Phangan as it seems to have more of a party atmosphere. Also, I'm travelling alone, and from what I can tell KP is better suited to solo travellers (who are up for a bit of a party). Would be leaving KP a good few days before the Full Moon Party, which doesn't bother me as it doesn't look like a good night for solo p*ssheads anyway.

SO, can anyone tell me if this is a sensible plan? What's worth seeing/doing, and how much accommodation should I book in advance? Finally, not done the solo thing before - how easy is it to meet people? Can anyone recommend anywhere that's good for meeting people(somewhere that's not just full of Brits)?

Many thanks,
Rod

I plan to go Samui and stay at The Passage. How about the accommadation? and are there the spa and restaurant? And what is the hightlight of resort?

Please recommend!!!

To all the guys out there i need your help. We will be in Samui for my Boyfriends 25th b'day and i want to do something really special for him. Something fun that he will always remember. We have been to Samui twice before so i want to do something a bit different. He loves bikes so I was thinking of hiring him a Harley for the day , but thats all i have come up with so far so if u have any idea's things u have done and enjoyed please let me know. Also any idea's on where to buy fireworks ???
Thanks

We are a group of six male twens and want to spent next winter in Thailand. Which site would you recommend? Partying should be part and parcel of the journey, but we also want to do some sightseeing. None of us is interested to sunbath whole day and we definitely do not want to be "captured" in club areas all the time.

So what do you recommend? Or do you recommend other sites (also outside of Thailand)?

Hello
We will be coming from Surat Thani to Ko Samui on the first ferry in the morning. We will be hanging around in Surat Thani from 23:30 at night until the first ferry in the morning. Is it best to stay at a bar restaurant or should we make our way to where the ferry departs from and wait there?
Issue being where is safest?

Brett

does any one know if there are moo gatar reastaurants on samui? where you cook all your food with hot coals on your table

Verdicts please, Al's Hut or Al's Resort?

Hi fellow virtual tourists!!
We stayed in Phuket, Patong Bay Garden Resort on Patong in February for just over 2 weeks and loved it. We were not bothered with Bangla Road and stayed to Coyotes, Molly Malones, The Savoy Restaurant and our own Hotel.
We are going to try Koh Samui later January for hopefully ten days and then pop to Patong for 5/6 days.
Can you suggest where we should stay on Chaweng Beach? We are interested in Bed & Breakfast, as close to the beach as possible and not more than 5 minute walk to the bars and restaurants. We would like spa or at least massage by the hotel too.
Look forward to your suggestions. Thanks in advance.

Hi all,
I saw this place on one of those cable Tv shows that sell everything! don't ask why I was watching it!! I was wondering if anyone can give me some feedback on the place. The wife and i are looking to go somewhere next xmas (2009) and are thinking of Ko Samui. We're after somewhere quiet but within reach of shopping (retail therapy for the wife) and some of the nightlife but we don't want to be in the middle of it. This place seems to tick a lot of the boxes for us.
Many thanks fro your help.

Hi Guys,

we are spending new year in lamai and was wondering if there was anything big organised ie a beach party, fireworks etc. also we havent booked a "gala dinner" with our hotel so will all the local restraunts still be open as normal or will they all be booked out??

cheers,
mike

Is it advisable to book hotels in Koh Samui before we travel if we are travelling there during the christmas and news years period? This is the first time we are going. Please HELP!

is there such a thing?
thought we would give chaweng a go this time as we normally stay in maenam but as this is a girls trip we thought we might stay were the shopping is handy so we dont have to travel far.are there cheap places to stay or bungalows on the beach? is every thing in walking distance from either end of the beach or would you have to stay right in the middle to not have to use transport?

after 1 month back from thailand have decided to go back again for some sun and shopping during my winter what are peoples experiances with weather in august, not worried about the odd shower as we had that in oct in bkk every day but cant do the trip closer to christmas this time.

Has anyone stayed in a Coconut villa - either Tropicana or Paradise - on Bang Por and have any feedback/a review they could make? It would be very helpful to find out a little more about them as I can find no review written anywhere and we are likley to be staying in a Tropicana villa in Jan 0. Many thanks. Yvette

Has anyone stayed here recently or able to help?

I read somewhere they are building a Spa at the moment with a completion date of Dec 08. I was wondering if this is still happening and if its noisy / a bit of a building site.

Thanks

Hey kids, I really need your help. Could you please help me find a tourist magazine that's printed in Ko Samui??? If you've seen one in the store or you hotel please let me know what the name of the magazine is??

I'm trying to find the person who owns it in regards to an orphanage in Chiang Mai. The owner of the magazine is Thai - American (Thai person born and raised in the US). He is mid 30s and has an impeccable English.

Please help me....
Thank you so much lovely people!

Mali

A few people I have spoken to tell me Thailand in general is pretty quiet at the moment as less people are travelling due to saving money and the economic crisis. We're out there in December.

Do you think we can haggle the prices down on accommodation or are resorts sticking to their guns and trying to still get top dollar (i.e. the web prices)

With the £/bht rate being so poor everything is that little bit more expensive at the moment.

Hi, Can someone recommend somewhere to stay in Chaweng beach for around 2000baht. For me and my girlfriend.

Also possibly lamai beach

Looking for accom in Lamai for 2 weeks with 2 adults and 5 kids. Does anyone know of a suitable place ???

Will be staying in samui from the 4th march till the 16th with 2 adults , 2 15 yr olds, 6 yr old and a 2 yr old, wanting to know our options for accom as we would like to all be in the one room but have noticed there is a min of 4 people per room in most hotels. We were thinking maybe a holiday apartment or holiday home with 2 bedrooms has anyone had any experience with this ????