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A short morning stroll on Chaweng Beach during extreme low tide.

It was getting late in the morning and the sun was scorching hot, so I decided not to venture out to Matlang Island.

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Sorry state of Chaweng corals. 4 years back, I remember it was all colorful, but now there's this brown seaweed covering everything.

I presume they get their nutrients from all the gray water which gets discharged straight into the ocean.

This is from just outside Ark Bar.

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This is from north of the lagoon and west side of Matlang Island.

I remember wading though the corals in the middle of the lagoon and it was such a spectacular sight with all these colors. Now it's just this dark brown excrement colored.

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I think recognizes it. It's a bit north of Choeng Mon. The only way to get to it is a trek through the hills north of Choeng Mon. Although there's no buildings there (yet), I've seen some big roads has been recently excavated when I was there in August 2013, so this means that there may be something built there in the near future...

http://runkeeper.com/user/SeeingMole/activity/219379261

It's actually 2 small beaches close to each other. It seems to be well known though and there were lots of traces of activities there such as camp fire, trash, etc.

This is however not the only beach with no buildings. There's another bigger stretch on the other side of the island, with no buildings and no excavated roads either.

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^ I see this is going to be a bit of a game !!! I think that small island helps give it way..... hmmm !???? tongue.pngwink.png

Just to go off this, I saw some thing I thought was quite disgusting on Ban Tai Beach, today....

A new resort being built and they have torn down a beautiful specimen of a tree, which was on the beach...(The King's Land) that many people used for sitting in the shade or swinging from a rope... facepalm.gif

Here is the remains.... bah.gif many locals and tourists used it.... very sad.... I think! sad.png

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Nice view, but it was also nice to have the shade... whistling.gif

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Your comment is appreciated Sergun and to those who give a "Like" ... thanks guys and gals !... but there are a few others that contribute here too...

:-) I didn't mean to be inappreciative to all other posters - all the photos on this thread are absolutelly marvelous! (althou have to note that you Jimmy have talent for picking spots to shoot - whenever I make photos, they never come out as good as yours!)

In any case, thanks to ALL contributors to this thread, please post more photos!

:-)

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Your comment is appreciated Sergun and to those who give a "Like" ... thanks guys and gals !... but there are a few others that contribute here too...

:-) I didn't mean to be inappreciative to all other posters - all the photos on this thread are absolutelly marvelous! (althou have to note that you Jimmy have talent for picking spots to shoot - whenever I make photos, they never come out as good as yours!)

In any case, thanks to ALL contributors to this thread, please post more photos!

:-)

No, I did not mean it that way, Sergun, seeing others posting is good, I wish more people would ! thumbsup.gif

Perhaps we should make a photo challenge! ???

I think some people just have difficulty in uploading..... there is a link in the photo forum as to how to upload.... a bit daunting for some people, until one gets the hang of it! wink.png

Here are some nice orchids!!!! wink.png

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Perhaps we should make a photo challenge! ???
It's a good idea, Jimmy! Althou I can't participate now whistling.gif , because Im not in Samui at the moment. Hopefully other Samui photographers will join and we will see some more great photos on this thread!
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