Koh Larn Or Samed Travel Details...

[Longbow212]

I would like to spend the weekend at the beach chilling out on a beautiful beach and snorkeling over coral reefs. Been to koh samed a few time, particularly enjoy Ao Cho and candlelight beach with the coral reefs. Can anyone recommend another beach with quality sand, coral and lack of crowds?

I am also considering koh larn, never been here. I also understand there are other islands near by. How does Koh Larn or any other island compare with Samed?

It does look like Koh Samed will be my destination unless I receive feedback of Larn being better. I plan to leave Bangkok around 4pm by minivan on Friday afternoon, does this mean I will miss the last ferry and need to take the speedboat? Are there options of sharing a speedboat with other people and share the price or do the speedboat operators adopt a tuk tuk mentality and price fix per person etc?

Thanks for your input.

[mallorca284673]

hi

Yes, the last ferry to Koh Samed leaves Ban Phe At 16.00. you will have to get a speedboat over, at that time of the evening boats can be negotiable varies between 1200- 2000 Baht as most tourists will be installed by this time on the island .

white shark speed boats depart from Tarua Phe pier till 18.30 - 19.00, if you phone them beforehand they will wait for you Tel - 038 - 653-181

the best place for snorkling on samed is on the rugged west coast by Ao Kiew Nanai, you could hire a motorbike and go there yourself rather than get on the boat trip over there,

take a look at a great website for samed, lists lots to do and good photos - http://kohsamed.net

Have a great trip