Harryvb

"Cabana Beach, 15km south of Chumpon is one. Thai people go there, I think bungalows were 400B high season. Nice, white sand, about 3km long but don't sunbath or fall asleep on it - sandflies all around."

It sounds nice but on the website the cheapest bungalow is 1350 Bath Cabana beach or do you mean other bungalows ?

Can You tell us more about the name of the beaches or villages and how fare away from chumpon they are please

Hallo

I was more thinking to take a bus and then the boot to Langkawi because there is no airport on Langkawi.

I read from others that by boat it take One hour from Satun to Langkawi but i don't now where to take the boot , Tammalang or from Pakbara ?

Harry

Trang is easy to get around and organise a trip to the islands...just spent the long weekend at Koh Mook - high season and long weekend so it was PACKED - sometimes there were up to 10 people on the beach at the same time!!!

Where did you stay on the island ?

Do you go there via Pakmeng pier or Kuan Tunggu Pier ?

Can you give some tips about the island ?

Harry

Hi guys

It is good to have different opinions don't worry about it , we always check first before we take a room and i don't think hotels will be full on a Monday morning, i am going to let Adrienne having a coffee is seabreeze will i am checking them out.

We are now thinking to travel from Trang to Taraturo national Park and after go to Langkawi for a couple of days , that way we can see a little bit from Malaysia as well.

So can you point me in the right direction how to get there please ?

Chok Dee from raining Belgium.

Harry , Adrienne.

Yo Mike ,just finished night shift i don't now were i get the David from sorry.

Even we like to travel on ore one we always can use the help of a local protagonist , we can not get that info out of the LP so we be happy to meet Yai.

Chok Dee from hard raining Belgium.

Harry , Adrienne.

Hey David

We arriving in bangkok on 2 April and we want to fly on 3 April to Trang, i still waiting to book or flight on the nokair website , so far April is not possible only till the end of march.

I think we going to spend the first night(s) in Trang and talk to Yai or another agency or a TAT office to see wat best for us , we like to travel solo not in a group so maybe it is not a good idea to go with an agency.

If you pas Trang hotel please step inside and ask about te rates , thanks for offering.

See you

Adrienne and Harry

Do you main Trang hotel or Trang Plaza hotel ?

Can't find Trang hotel.

Thanks Moonhunter, we will contact him on arrival probably on 3 April , we are waiting to book the flight to trang on the website from nokair , its only go to end march so far.

Do you have a name of a clean hotel with a good breakfast , always hungry when traveling

Is there a nightmarket in trang ?

Hallo Moonhunteruk and Florin and of course anybody else

We visit Trang in december 2004 for a couple of hours when we where on the way to koh lanta (nighttrain from bangkok)

We are from Belgium and we were sorry that we have to leave Trang on such a short notice ( we booked at Koh Lanta)

We decides to visit Trang and the surrounding islands for 2 weeks in (begin)April so we really appraised any recommendation from you.

Our plan is to fly in with nok air and then spend a week ore 2 on the surrounding islands and a couple of days at Trang and the surroundings.

So please i you have any info that can help us let us now.

We are not young but also not old , we have 2 boys one 25 and one 22 so we can talk with older people and younger people.

We are a bit afraid to go back at the Andaman sea because we where in Kao Lak one week for the tsunami.

But anyway i have to come to the point when we want to visit the islands where do we start ?

First let me tell you we are living in Antwerp a very crowded town so we looking to relax one the islands , snorkeling or hiking or biking during day time and having a beer before go to sleep.

We hope you can point us in the right direction.

Regards from Belgium

Adrienne and Harry

Artisan

Were did you stay on Kai Bae Beach(resort) and did you find it a ok place , the pictures look nice and because we are going to be there during Songkran it is maybe wise to book in advance , so if you have the adres .....

Regards

Harry

Harry,

I know Chonburi, Ko Samet and Chantaburi extremely well. It's difficult to answer your question without knowing what you want to do in each place, do you want to stay and do you have your own transport?

The last time that I was on Ko Chang, I stayed in Kae Bae Beach Grand View Hotel. There were six of us and we had two huge adjoining rooms for 2,500 baht per night. Both rooms had two king sized beds, one room had a dining/lounge area and the other room had a small kitchen. There was no pool but the beach was only 100 metres away...albeit down a very steep entrance to the hotel. A few good bars and restaurants nearby also. The hotel had a good car park.

What we want to do is stay in each place for about 3 or 4 days walking the (quit)beach , rent a motorcycle to explore the area and have a beer in the evening , we go everywhere with public transport , starting in Bangkok , we dont need grand luxe , just clean bungalow with friendly people wil do

Harry

Artisan

Were did you stay on Kai Bae Beach(resort) and did you find it a ok place , the pictures look nice and because we are going to be there during Songkran it is maybe wise to book in advance , so if you have the adres .....

Regards

Harry

Ok Artisan , this helps a lot , thanks , i believe we going to be there during songkran , or maybe on the way there , the plan is to start in Bangkok and make stops at Chataburi, Chon buri and Koh Samet , if you now anything about this places i be happy to here about it.

Harry

Do people standing on the piers with sings(offers) for accomodation (like on koh Lanta ?)

Is there a difrence between the beaches ?

We going in april , is it possible to find a quit beach ?

Do you now this place "Baan Rim Nam" ?

Harry

Halo

What we like to now is homuch to pay for the bungalows on Koh Chang , the one we find using internet are al above 1000 or 1500 bath.or even more.

We always have good accomodation for arround 500 till 800 bath , is this on Koh Chang not possible ?

Regards

Harry

Hallo

We like to go to Hin Wong Bay on Koh Tao , is there a road to Hin Wong Bay ?

We like to stay at Hin Wong Bungalows , as anyone have a litle info about the bay or the bungalows or how to contact the place ?

Thanks

Harry

Too pricey for me.  We always stay at New Heaven. 

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We want to stay there (new heaven)end of this month , do you think we can get in without reservation ?

regards

Harry

Is there no ATM in the airport ?

Harry

Hallo

I was reading in lonely planet there is a lot of jellyfish end may begin june on the westcoast .

Can soweone confirm that and are they dangerous , don't they turn up on the other coastlines in the north or east ?

Wat about koh phangna and koh tao ?

Regards

Harry

Hallo

We want to go by train or bus from Bangkok to Chumpon.

Some people on a dutch forum told us we have to buy tickets at least 24 hours ahead.

The problem is we arriving in Bangkok in the afternoon and we want to leave for Chumpon next morning (friday) on the 07u45 morning train or the 9u00 a clock morning bus.

Does this mean we can not get a train or bus ticket in time because we do not have 24 hours?

Or is the above info about 24 hours in advance wrong ?

We prefer train because we are staying 1 metro stop from the main train station in the mandarin hotel on Rama IV .

In case we prefer the bus , how do we go to the bus station from the mandarin hotel ?

Thanks

Harry

Hallo

We think thipiwimarn look nice but is a bit to expensive for us.

New heaven bungalows is more like or budget , so if you anyone have more info on this one please let us now .

We going to spend one night in chumpon because we want to take the morning train from Bangkok to Chumpon.

Any suggestions on a place to stay and where do we buy tickets for the ferryboot, we want to take the one from 7 a clock in the morning, how do we ghet to the pier etc ?

Best regards

Adrienne en Harry

Hallo

We want to spend 3 nights on koh tao .

We looking for a middle class resort with good breakfast and reasonable (thai) food prices , not to crowded but still in reach for transportation .

We are looking for a nice area to stay , we like to snorkel so a beach not to far away with a coral reef would be nice.

We also want to go one a day trip with a moped , so suggestions on roads and nice places to visit are welcome .

Thanks

Harry

From Southern bus station Sai Tai mai Chok Annan leaves at 09.00, arrives Chumpon market around 16.30, stop for free lunch under way, 276 baht.

Book in advance though, don't have phone number on hand...

They have an office on the far left corner at Sai tai mai (depending where you come from...) you can also buy ticket at booth inside bus station.

Train leaves from Hualampon indeed, you could catch the train at Sam sen or Bang Sue also, book in advance also. Train arrives 14.15 if on time, nice ride, airco and shitty food

No more Air Andaman since two years, plane no option...

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Where can we buy tickets in advance , we flying in on 18/05 (morning) en we want to leave next morning , is one day in advance ok ?

Do you have any suggestions were to spend the night in chumpon and where we have to go to take the boat to koh tao?

Thanks

Harry

Thanks , i hope this train leaves from hua lam phong station ?

Best regards

Adrienne and Harry