Monday, April 19th
7:31 am
“Hello boss, nice to meet you.” Another day at the office? No, this is a street in Koh Samui and an Indian tailor has just identified you as a potential customer. He’s eager to get you looking your very best in one of his creations. A familiar approach, “Armani suit for you, my friend?”, occurs all over [...]
With love,
Koh Samui Sunset
Monday, March 15th
4:26 pm
A round-up of what’s been said or suggested about Koh Samui by the worldwide media in 2010 – it’s not all beaches and palm trees. Sydney Morning Herald: Solitude, with a side dish of style The Telegraph: ‘guilty pleasures in Koh Samui’ Condé Nast Traveler: Readers’ spa awards 2010 Fah Thai magazine: Sunday brunch options [...]
With love,
Koh Samui Sunset
Saturday, March 6th
1:28 am
Lonely Planet says that 80% of you bring your mobile phones on holiday. On arrival, easily get connected with a local Samui phone number and pay-as-you-go SIM card. Mobile carriers have SIM cards available at local shops, including convenience stores like 7-11. So forget roaming rates. Check out our Koh Samui packing list for other [...]
With love,
Koh Samui Sunset
Thursday, January 28th
4:21 pm
Are you packing for Koh Samui and find yourself stuck for a good book? Last summer, NPR compiled a list of the 200 best beach books of all time – which the voting public then whittled to a tidy list of a hundred. Here are the top 10: 1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. [...]
With love,
Koh Samui Sunset
Thursday, January 21st
5:21 pm
Your holiday on Koh Samui will present some of the best photography opportunities imaginable. Food photography, elephants, orchids and maybe even your family, too. All over Samui, but particularly at sunset, are bright sights you’ll want to remember, to show off on Flickr – to keep forever. Consider our series of sunset photos, used above [...]
With love,
Koh Samui Sunset
Thursday, April 16th
11:42 am
Play with fire? No thanks. Wherever we’re travelling, we always make sure we’ve got current travel insurance. Why take the risk? If it’s yet another item waiting on your pre-depature ‘to do’ list, perhaps we can make a recommendation: World Nomads. We’ve stopped looking at other travel insurance providers: Their website is just too clean [...]
With love,
Koh Samui Sunset
Sunday, March 22nd
8:00 am
Flickr: Akuppa This book picks up where the Lonely Planet intro leaves off. It covers the whos, the hows, the whats and the whys of Thailand in a very readable manner. You can easily skim this in one sitting, emerging much the wiser. The book’s most important topic is face (and how to save it). [...]
With love,
Koh Samui Sunset
Tuesday, March 3rd
12:38 pm
March already! Do you feel, as we do, that the year is already speeding up? Here on Samui it’s certainly heating up and we know 2 things as fact: it’s really hot April will be hotter still Joking recently with Thai friends about the snow in our home countries, we asked if they knew what [...]
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Koh Samui Sunset
Sunday, February 22nd
3:39 pm
Bangkok Airways – lots to love. This fab airline should feature in your Samui itinerary. Why? Find any award with the words “boutique”, “best”, Asia” and “airline” in its title and Bangkok Airways has got it in the bag. They’ve been voted Asia’s best airline annually since 2004. Apparently, flying doesn’t have to suck. Where [...]
With love,
Koh Samui Sunset