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Location Evergreen resort Chaweng beach, Koh Samui is a medium sized resort. There are rooms in the main building and bungalows near the swimming pool available. The resort is located at a soi just back from the main road in the centre of Chaweng. Because of the location it's just 2 minutes walking to central plaza shopping centre but very quiet. Rooms The rooms are clean and have a large balcony. The bed is a bid on the hard side but enough space for 2 persons. In the corner of the room is a big closet to store your clothes and suitcase. Opposite the bed is a small desk with facilities to make your own cup of coffee or tea and a fridge. A bottle of free drinking water is provided each day. There is also a small TV in the room.  The bathroom is good with enough space to get around and have a nice shower. To get to the beach you'll have to follow a narrow path via a connecting resort. It's about 200 meters through a beautiful garden. Price I ...

Staying on Koh Samui and want to visit a temple which is not crowded by tourists? Then you should visit Wat Kao Huan Jook. The temple is located in Chaweng on a small hill close to Chaweng lake and the airport, Q-bar is located on the same hill just below the temple. When staying in Chaweng you could probably visit it by foot but the easiest way is to just rent a motorbike and pay a visit while exploring the island. What's so great about this temple are the magnificent views of Chaweng beach and Chaweng lake on the south side and at the north end you can watch the airplanes depart and arrive at Samui airport while in the far distance the island of Koh Phangan covers the horizon.

Staying in Lamai beach, Koh Samui and want to have some fun at night. Check out the Thai boxing event held every Saturday night. In the center of Lamai beach, just across the MacDonalds, there is a cluster of about 15 beer bars and right in the middle is a boxing ring. Every week on Saturday a boxing contest is organized with free seating! Make sure to be there in time as it can fill up quite quickly. Watching the game from one of the bars is fun. There even are boxing matches for ladies and they sure know how to kick. The girls in the bars like to watch the match and cheer for their favorite. Sipping on your drink it's nice to soak up the atmosphere.

From Thong Nai Pan you can head over to other beaches on the East coast of Koh Phangan including Haad Rin and eventually to Koh Samui by scheduled boat. The Thong Nai Pan Express is a small boat that leaves Thong Nai Pan Noi at 9am and stops off at a few beaches on the East side of Koh Phangan before heading off to Koh Samui. It arrives at Meanam in Koh Samui 11am and then waits an hour before doing the return leg. Tickets are between 250 and 350 bht. Due to the rough waters during the monsoon the boat service is suspended from during the monsoon. The monsoon is usually from October to late November but often varies.

The most beautiful airport of the world according to many people. Koh Samui airport is one of a kind. The structure is completely open and in tune with it's natural surroundings.  The airport has 2 terminals and handles well over 1 million passengers a year and has direct flights to Bangkok, Phuket, Singapore and some other large cities. From the airport it takes just 15 minutes to get to the biggest village and largest beach of the island, Chaweng beach. About 10 minutes driving to the other side of the airport is Bophut with the pier to Koh Phangan and in 30 minutes you are at Lamai beach.