Koh Chang, Thailand
March 10, 2010 by Pattaya Girls
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Author: Don Carswellbr
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If you are wanting to visit another Island in Thailand apart from the usual Phuket, Krabi or Phi Phi, I think you should try Koh Chang. My wife and I visited many Thailand forum and were told that Koh Chang is one of the best places to go. We booked accommodation (2 nights) and all we needed now was transport to get to Koh Chang as we live in Bangkok. To get there, it was going to be a 4 hour bus ride from the eastern bus terminal in Ekkamai, Bangkok and a 1 hour ferry. The total price of the transport was under 1000 baht for both of us. If you wanted to take your car to Koh Chang, you can as the ferry can also take cars to and from the island.
After a long trip, we finally made it to Koh Chang, I was excited as my friends have told me about how nice Koh Chang is. After we got off the ferry we were met by songthaews (Pickup truck bus/taxi) to take us to our resort, the road to get to the resort was very windy and in a bad state, so if you plan on driving, please take care.
We got to our resort and it was really beautiful, our bungalow was 20 meters from a nice white sandy beach, the beach was on our resort, so there was one a few people there which was nice. The water was crystal clear and the beach was spotless, it was great place to relax for the rest of the day, we noticed that it is not over crowded with tourists which is great as you can really relax on the beach peacefully.
We heard that the nightlife here is not really that big, but who needs a nightlife on a nice island which their is so many activities to do during the day. So we booked a snorkeling tour around other small island around Koh Chang, while their is some nice spots to snorkel, you can find much better places down south of Thailand, but it was still a decent tour to go on.
The people on there seemed to be a lot more friendly then what you usually see in popular Phuket or Koh Samui, the smiles on the locals faces seemed a lot more genuine, it has a really great atmosphere to it.
Their seems to be a lot of development going on now in Koh Chang as it is getting a lot more popular with tourists, so I would recommend to go there now, as in a few years the island will be crowded with tourists.
So if you are in Thailand and want to go to an island that is no over crowded with tourists, I would go to Koh Chang, only the frequent travelers know about it. Why go where the main crowd is? You will have a much better and peaceful experience in Koh Chang, after all that is what being on holiday is about right?
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Thailand Web Zone
July 2, 2009 by Pattaya Girls
Filed under Thailand Travel Guide
There are numerous community sites and varoius portals aimed at or related to Thailand. Many have similar functions and attract a huge number of people, however as a resident of Thailand and someone who has used these community sites / portals in the past I am always disappointed at how rapidly they lose the original focus and all too often fall prey to the lure of advertising money or to abuse by members looking for sex.
Even Facebook, now world famous of course, has so many widgets and gizmos that it has recently released another app called “Great Apps”, which actually filters out all the ‘crap’ that is currently in Facebook and identifies useful applications for businesses!
These sites, there are many examples aimed at or related to Thailand, become either a annoying display of flashing, immensley irritating advertisements, their owners cashing in on the lure of advertising money (just look at sanook.com and panthip.com); or alternatively and perhaps more disappointingly degenerate into notorious sex sites used by the singles of the region to find dates for those lonely mid week nights or as a convenient platform used by legions of cyber sex addicts often from other countries looking for that piece of Asian erotica in the form of a live peep show via a webcam.
I am not preaching that there is anything ‘wrong’ in this – each to their own – I think the owners of these portals however should beware of excessive advertising and segregate this material / these groups accordingly so regular users can find people and information they are looking for, not get hassled by perverts or desparados and share information without fear of reprisals.
Indeed, I went on one such portal yesterday and was messaged within 5 minutes by a ‘girl’ who turned out to be a guy from Pakistan who hassled me for 10 more minutes to get naked on my web cam! Not what I wanted, in the end I killed the window and will not return.
Thailand Web Zone was started to try and create a ‘clean’ platform for people looking to visit Thailand to make friends / contacts / even business partners in the country, provide valuable information on all manner of topics, written by those in the know: residents and locals. It also allows people to create Thailand related social groups and events, blogs, forums and so on, as well as providing the standard functions such as uploading photos and images.
Finally, we have implemented a few extra features not yet included on other Thailand community sites such as video recording, streaming whiteboards, video chat and music. Powerful group category and privacy management allows each group of people and individuals to do what they want when they want without intruding on the privacy of other people. Couple this with a sensible advertisement policy and we hope this will provide a unique and interesting community platform for people with an interest in Thailand.
Thailand Web Zone, with a load of new cool features:
Chat: create your own chat rooms, video chat, skip from one chat room to another, 1 to 1 private video chat
Boards: let your creative talent flow freely, draw pictures online and share them with your friends
Music: upload your favourite tunes, search through music, download music for your own use.
Video: upload your videos, search and play video directly from the site, use for fun or for business communication.
Video recording: record your own webcam messages and upload them to your profile
Classifieds: add your classified ad, sell, buy, submit and find a job in Thailand.
Articles: find useful and relevant information written by those who know what they are talking about. Submit your own articles, share information, share your knowledge.
Forums: participate in various discussions, submit topics for discussion / debate, ask locals and residents questions before you arrive.
Thailand Web Zone can be used by those seeking a little more community site features, fun, romance or even by business people as a free business collaboration tool. Lots of free and paid membership privileges are available.
www.thailandwebzone.com
Thailand Web Zone – a Thailand social networking and Thai dating site. Meet Thai ladies or foreign men, join Thailand chat rooms and social groups, share photos, music and video, find & submit information on Thailand travel. Make new friends from all over the world!