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Koh Samui,
situated off the East coast in Southern
Thailand, is the largest of an archipelago of
more than 80 islands, for the greater part
uninhabited.
The Angthong Marine National Park
(The Golden Bowl) is part of this group. Having
a surface area of about 250 square kilometers,
it is the third largest island after Phuket and
Koh Chang. Surat Thani, about 60 kilometers
westwards, is the provincial capital.
"Discovered" at the beginning of the 1970’s
by backpackers, there were only huts without
electricity and tap water, and a population
which lived mainly on fishing and coconut
plantations, Koh Samui still sends more than 2
million coconuts a month to Bangkok.
Connections are
very good with an International airport linking
multiple daily flights to Bangkok, Phuket,
Pattaya, Krabi, Chiang Mai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
There are also passenger and vehicle ferries
running hourly to the main land. |
Map of Koh Samui showing
location of Sibaja Palms Resort
South West Coast of Koh Samui
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