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Want Your Opinions Of Good And Bad Things About Living On Samui

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This is goi9ng to be a Can of Worms if ever i've seen one.. :o

One good thing is that this site exists and has a SEARCH FUNCTION to look up previous threads on this exact same topic!!!

good - has all the amenities you would expect on the mainland

Bad - the amount of accidents and deaths on the roads

ugly - the amount of building work going on

good - has all the amenities you would expect on the mainland

Bad - the amount of accidents and deaths on the roads

ugly - the amount of building work going on

Are there more accidents on Samui than other parts of the country?

If so, why is that?

good - has all the amenities you would expect on the mainland

Bad - the amount of accidents and deaths on the roads

ugly - the amount of building work going on

Are there more accidents on Samui than other parts of the country?

If so, why is that?

yep, and the highest accident mortality rate in the country!...why? Emmm, the horrible roads, the cement truck drivers going a million miles an hour on yaba, the drunk tourists driving a motorcyle for the first time in their lives, the "locals" who have no clue how to drive and spend most of their trip on the wrong side of the road trying to pass just one more vehicle, just one more...for starters :o

yep, and the highest accident mortality rate in the country!

Bad roads.

Bad drivers.

Drunk drivers.

No Helmet. :o

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Just figure I would a few in though

BAD:

Poor road, internet, electric, water infrastructure

No consumer protection

No for sure thing you'll get an actual real product or drug

GOOD:

Cheap places to eat under 100 Baht

Affordable health care

Watching movies in a giant seat

Affordable Massage

Airport owned by a "Boutique Airway" whatever that is???..... but sounds good :o

BAD

Every december food and resorts go up 20% (in another 5 years Seychelles will be cheaper :o )

No good pizza (in Lamai at least)

It's the noisest island on the planet, no sleep until 2am I suppose even in the coconuts far away chaweng/lamai, they will find you and set up a nearby party in few hours :D:D

I'd go on for ages listing the things I like about samui (the beaches, driving round the island on the motorbike, relaxed atmosphere, post 2am boozing, very few police enforced closures etc etc etc) so I'll make it easier, some of the things I dislike:

- ridiculous state of the ring road.

- the one way systems (in lamai expecially - only about 70% of people stick to it).

- drunken louts on bikes who can barely drive them sober let alone hammered.

- taxi drivers.

- bangkok airways pricing.

- backpackers (mainly chaweng).

Chong Mon beach....what a cracking place...beautiful :o

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