Articles by Ian
Where to Meet/Avoid Russians
Or a 7 minute video highlighting the places Russian tour groups visit in Pattaya, Koh Chang, Koh Laoya and Koh Kood.
Thus giving you the chance to avoid accidentally visiting these places at the same time as a hundred strong tour group from St Petersburg descends on the restaurant or …
August 4
Koh Chang News Update for 4 August. Garbage will cease to be a problem on Koh Chang says the Mayor. The Great Cheese Shortage. Dodgy Land for Sale on Koh Chang. Beautiful land For Sale on Koh Mak. Plus a video of a guy getting his car stuck in a flood in Kai Bae beach, Ko Chang.
The Weather for July 2009
The weather for July 2009, from the Klong Prao Meteorological Office, i.e. outside my window. The first 10 days were extremely good with the only heavy rain in a couple of overnight downpours. The sea was mostly calm and clear and it was a nice time to visit the …
Mayor Orders Koh Chang To Clean Up
27 July, 2009
A municipal ordinance is being issued to establish order on popular Koh Chang in Trat. Order of the day is to lose the garbage.
Saran Jirangsri, mayor of the Koh Chang tambon municipality, said the resort island was facing many problems – from leftover building materials littering the …
Stuck in the Flood
This 30-second video made me smile.
A guy here on holiday had the misfortune to be driving on the island on 16 July in his swish Audi A6, the day of the heaviest rain of the year so far. The misfortune was compounded by the fact that he drove through centre …
July 23
The wettest week of the year so far. Pretty much everything I own is now in a state of permanent dampness. Klong Plu waterfall is closed today.
(Dead) Wildlife: Thanks to Ross from Strawberry Moons & Steve for this photo of the rather large snake that I mentioned in an update …
Swiss Backpacker Loves Koh Chang
This interview is from the khaosanroad.com website, run by an old friend of mine in Bangkok.
Here we have a Swiss girl being interviewed about her favourite place in Thailand . . . Koh Chang. Warning -no real insights but interested she rates the island as having the best beaches in …
And The Rain Came Down
Yesterday it rained pretty much all day. Not really heavy rain all the time but enough to make you want to stay indoors with your head in a book until it was over. Then late last night/early it began pissing it down with a vengeance.
By lunchtime the rain …
July 15
I was going to post a photo of the weather today, but that is probably too depressing. Lots of rain yesterday and more today. What a difference a week makes. But I did find this photo taken at Koh Kood Resort which nicely sums up the rainy season as a …
The Kingdom of Somchai’s Affection
On Koh Chang there isn’t anything other than the odd patch of graffiti that could class as public art. It’s a bit of a creative wasteland. However, things are different down on Koh Mak.
Khun Somchai was an artist from the ‘Mon’ community who made his home on Koh Mak in …
Klong Prao Aerial Photos
These were taken on a rather grey day in mid April 2009 and show the Klong Prao area – the beach and the village, from the air. Including a few, like the one above, of the estuary where our guesthouse is.
If you’d like to take your own aerial photographs …
July 10
Still waiting for the rainy season to start, which it probably will in a week or so when the island gets busier with visitors from. Europe taking their Summer holidays. But for now, it looks like this, early afternoon yesterday in Kai Bae. The photos were taken with cheap phone …
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