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Kooncharaburi Resort Spa and Sailing Club

Submitted by Ian on July 28, 2009 – No Comment

kooncharaburi resort koh chang

Room rates from 3,500 baht

Kooncharaburi Resort Spa and Sailing Club is not a place to stay if you expect to moor your yacht outside your room. There are small dinghies for rent, but that’s it as far as the sailing goes.

This is another beautiful large luxury resort with great views across a sheltered, mangrove lined bay. Only problem is that it is miles from anywhere. A couple of kilometres to the main road and then a couple more to get to the nearest shop of any kind. So it is very much a package tour destination, mainly for Thais, Asians and Russians.

If you want to experience the peace and quiet of the east coast and use the resort as a luxury base then it’s worth considering providing you rent a car 0r motorbike but for most visitors it’s just too off the beaten track. There is no public transport in this area of the island.

(The outdated, low resolution Google satellite image doesn’t show the resort, but I have marked the location)

Room Rates: From around 3,500 Baht High Season

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This Weekend’s Tourist Death Toll

Two definite drownings this past weekend. A couple of others rumoured but not confirmed anywhere yet. But a 43 year old Thai visitor and a 50 year old Dutchman both drowned, with local authorities blaming rip currents for their deaths. There are signs warning of the dangers of rip currents displayed roadside in prominent locations as well as on the beachfront.

But why are there no lifeguards on duty if the authorities know there is a problem?

Good question as in June 2009 a budget of THB 1.15 Million was allocated to the 'Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office' ( which itself is housed in a small shop unit on Pearl Beach) to implement a Precaution and Rescue Potential Development Project specifically for rip tides.

The Precaution and Rescue Potential Development Project offered a beach guard training course for 80 volunteers and placed 5 coastal watchtowers on 3 main beaches.

Lifeguards were stationed on the beaches for a couple of months, between mid June and mid August 2009. They were equipped with a binoculars, a lifebelt, first aid kits and various other brightly coloured pieces of safety equipment. But they haven't been seen again for the past 11 months.

It looks like 1,150,000 Baht doesn't go very far nowadays.