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This section includes some Google Maps
with places of interest, landmarks etc marked to help you get your bearings
and figure out where everything is on the island as well as how to get here.
Before you set off on your armchair
exploration of the island, see the 'Getting
Here' page for info about, unsurprisingly, how to get here and, for
those not flying the 'Bus Timetables'
info will let you know how long you'll be stuck in a bus station in Bangkok
for. the 'Ferries' page if you
haven't yet figured out that you'll need to take a bout to get from the
mainland to the island. The 'Aerial
Photos' page will give you a quick overview of the island with pics
taken from an ultalight flying machine.
Click on a section of
the map below to get a more detailed Google map, plenty of tourist & visitor
information about the various areas of the island.
The main thing to remember about Koh
Chang is that it isn't some pissy little Koh Phi Phi-esque island. So
forget all notions of staying on White Sands beach and strolling down to
Lonely Beach for a morning coffee. That isnt going to happen. It's not just the distance
involved, it's also the fact that the road down the west coast has abundant,
seriously steep hills that no sensible person would want to trudge up in 33C
degree heat.
Getting around requires being dependent
on the white pick-up truck taxis ('songtaews') or renting a motorbike.
In the high season songtaews are plentiful, in the low season you'll find
yourself enduring an awful lot of roadside waits if you rely solely on them. Alternatively
you could just chill in your windowless bamboo hut and travel vicariously thought the
exploits of others thereby conserving your valuable eurodollars and enabling you
to extend your Asian adventure longer. This method is only recommended
for backpackers and those on the run from Interpol. (You'd be
surprised how many there are of us . . . sorry, 'them' . . .
there are out here.)
Start the 'How
to get
to Koh Chang' page for info on planes, (no) trains and automobiles to
Koh Chang and the numerous links on the map and top left of this page for specific
info on areas of the island.
You might also want to check if you're
going to die from Malaria on Koh Chang or
what the weather has been like
recently
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