Long Gun Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 A Thai friend phoned from the island today and said it is absolutely chocker with tourists, presumably many diverted from Phuket. Net result? Hardly a room to be found, last year's B200 fan room is currently B800 with a/c starting at B1500. She wasn't very happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 agreed; was there during chinese New Year. many hotels were fully booked and prices are approaching those from Phuket/Ko Samui. also a lot of construction going on and White Sand beach heading towards Patong/Chaweng. other beaches still quiet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Hi, Sounds like I will likely not recognize it if I ever get back there. My last trip there was Oct '97 (first Apr '94). It was rather peaceful back then, and often very quiet. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrenova Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I took had bad feedback from some customers of mine who intended to go for 4 or 5 days and headed back after only 2 days due to the very poor value accommodation they were able to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 That is exactly why I have not been back to Koh Samui.....last trip was long before the airport and Tesco Lotus arrived. UG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 must have been 30 years ago still no airport and tesco lotus (only a couple of 7/11) on Koh Chang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lusty Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Have they fixed the ferry yet or do they still tow it across with the tug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 there are 3 different ferry routes to Koh Chang leaving from different harbours; most leaving every hour. have not seen that they had any problems when i was there during chinese new year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Petchburi Pete Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Another point about Koh Chang that should be mentioned is the fact that there is still some degree of malaria not yet fully controlled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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