Salakphet Mangrove Walkway

You may have already seen the concrete disaster that is Salakkok Mangrove Walkway. Fortunately, the guys who built that didn’t build this walkway.
It is located in the south east of Koh Chang, you’ll see signs pointing you in the right direction from the ferry piers onwards. But these …

North End of White Sand Beach

Interesting what you find when you walk away from the large resorts

A few photos of the northern part of White Sand beach, Koh Chang.  Visit in high season and stay near the centre of the beach and you could be forgiven for thinking you were on the Costa Del Sol, …

Baby Elephants at Baan Chang Thai Elephant Camp

Elephant Calves at Baan Chang Thai Elephant Camp, Klong Prao, Koh Chang.  Three calves were born within the space of 11 days in August 2007.
Visiting the camp and playing with the 2-3 week old baby elephants was great fun.  Also very interesting to watch the interaction etween a new mother …

The Dewa Resort, Klong Prao Beach (Pre-Opening)

These are ‘pre-opening’ photos of the almost complete resort which is probably the most originally designed resort on the island and so wont be to everyone’s taste.
But if you’re tired of your Thai resorts all looking like boring concrete blocks or being of a generic modern tropical Thai style and …

Welu Wetlands ( on the mainland )

This is a rarely visited, protected mangrove forest that covers a huge area on the nearby mainland. Part of it is easily accessible by road and there’s even a wooden walkway, around 1km in length, that snakes through the mangroves and provides visitors with a close up look at …

Eastern Koh Mak

If you look at a tourist map of Koh Mak you’ll see that there are two main beaches on the western side of the island, the east seems pretty deserted – that’s because it is.
There are a few small hamlets here occupied by sea gypsies living in ramshackle huts …

Sai Khao Beach, Koh Mak

The Southwest of Koh Mak, Ao Sai Khao. Most visitors to Koh Mak will stay in this area. A long expanse of sand covers the southwestern shore of the island leading several kilometres from Holiday beach resort at the north end to the now defunct Panorama Resort at …

Lonely Beach

Named after Brian and Sue Lonely, of Walton-on-the-Naze, Surrey, UK, who visited this beach in January 2006 and won a first prize in a raffle run by a local tailors shop. The raffle, open to all customers who spent over 20,000 baht on beige linen suits and velour ballgowns, …

Koh Wai

Koh Wai lies directly to the south of Koh Chang. It’s a popular stop for tour boats, and therefore can get quite busy at certain times of the day when a hundred tourists are deposited on the beach. Visit outside these times and you’ll have the place pretty much to …

Three Popular Resorts

I thought it’d be interesting to compare three resorts that are among the most popular on Koh Chang. Paradise Resort, Koh Chang Resort & Klong Prao Resort. They are all located at the northern end of Klong Prao beach. As you’ll see one of them needs to do …

Around Koh Mak

A few photos of Koh Mak which lies about 30 minutes by speedboat south of Koh Chang. It’s not a party island, the resort owners want to attract families and couples hence the lack of beer bars or karaoke joints.
This gallery added as Koh Mak was chosen by the …

East Coast of Koh Chang by Speeboat

The East Coast of Koh Chang by Speedboat. These photos were taken from the speedboat that used to run from Dan Mai to Koh Mak.
Dan Mai Pier used to be the main port othe east coast but the pier is virtually unused now. As you head south there …