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A Bike Tour to Beng Melea ( For anyone visiting Siem Reap )
A lot of people now combine Siem Reap and Koh Chang during their trips to this part of the world. I recently went to Siem Reap, partly as I hadn’t been there for around 15 years, and had heard it had changed a little in the meantime and partly to …
Koh Chang Songkran Parade 2012
As with the past few years, Koh Chang has held its own Songkran celebration a week or two after the official Thai New Year holiday. This happens in other places in Thailand, usually in areas that have a lot of descendents from Mon people – originally hailing from what is …
Koh Chang Slum Tours ( and some great views )
You know what it’s going to be like, you’ll be by the pool in your swish resort on Koh Chang with the family and the kids will be playing up, “Please Dad, I want to gawp at some poor people and also avail myself of some cracking views. Please Dad. …
Koh Chang Songkran 2012 (Day 3)
For the last official day of the Thai New year celebrations I thought I would focus more on the traditional side of things rather than the water throwing. The use of water cannon during Thai New year has its origins in the practice of politely pouring water over the hands …
Koh Chang Songkran 2012 (Day 2)
These photos were taken this afternoon around the Kai Bae, Klong Prao and White Sand beach areas. The island is pretty packed but most of the Thai visitors aren’t out chucking water around. So whilst you will get soaked if you venture out in the busy areas, anyone staying, for …
Koh Chang Songkran 2012 (Day 1)
No one is safe . . .
Last year I went to Koh Mak to escape Songkran – as it is a very low key affair down there. As I’m here this year I thought I’d post a few pics of the water throwing & general revelry around the island. Today’s …
The Build Up to ‘Oversong on the Beach’ Concert on Koh Chang
Tomorrow, March 31, at 4pm sees the start of the biggest concert ever to take place on Klong Prao beach. The weirdly named ‘Oversong on the Beach’ I don’t know what an oversong is but I can only assume that in Thinglish it has a good meaning.
Anyway the past few …
Koh Chang’s Home For Retired Elephants
This is something I found which will appeal to anyone with a sense of humour and whimsy. A home for retired elephants on Koh Chang . . .
“Each Koh Chang Elephant has its own history and is now in retirement on Koh Chang. He/she is specially chosen by Kingphant to join …
The Salakphet Temple Mural – Go & Contribute
I took a couple of our guests on a drive around the island the other day and we passed by Salakphet Temple. The new temple has been under construction for years, slowly being built as donations have come in. Architecturally it’s nothing spectacular, identical to pretty much any small temple …
Loy Krathong Fair 2011
It’s back, one of the highlights of Koh Chang’s social calendar, the Loy Krathong Fair at Klong Prao temple. Five nights of what amounts to a large market plus various live shows in the temple grounds. Some not as popular as others – as the photo above illustrates
Over the years …
Koh Chang Bike Day 2011. Cyclists Rule the Road (for an hour or so)
This afternoon over 300 Koh Chang residents, locals and resort staff, plus a handful of white folks, took part in the Koh Chang eco-friendly, earth saving, CO2 reducing, bike ride for HM the King, in order to promote cycling as the ideal means to get around Koh Chang. Even more …
Wat Buppharam. A temple worth visiting in Trat town.
If you happen to be staying in Trat and happen to rent a bicycle or scooter and also happen to feel like visiting a rather nice temple (a pretty unlikely set of circumstances I know) then a visit to Wat Buppharam is a nice way to kill an hour or …
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