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}Samui General Information
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Samui is an island of natural beauty and charm, a place where you can have a
wonderful holiday. Blue-sky days and a nice ocean breeze are the norm. Today
tourist from the whole world go to this paradise. It´s located in the Gulf
of Siam and surrounded by over sixty other Islands.
Sunbath or swim all day is great; however, when you get bored there
is hundreds of great to do and good places to go around. There are several
restaurants and bars or choose to spend your time in couple of gyms. You´ll
find a great Thaiboxing camp also. The nearby islands Koh Phangan (Fullmoon
Party), Koh Tao Koh Nangyuan, Koh Tan (Diving) and Koh Matsum (Pearl Farm)
offer more local attractions worthwhile investigating if you feel a little
adventurous.
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is Surat Thani's major tourist attraction. The island has numerous lovely
beaches and bays. It is almost literally an island of coconuts and forested
hills, and is fast be coming a resort of international stature. Samui's best
beaches line the northern and eastern coasts, the most popular being Chaweng
and Lamai where, generally, the most attractive accommodation is found.
Besides beaches, other island attractions include the Hin Lat and Na Muang
waterfalls the phallic rock formations at the southern end of Lamai Bay; a
massive seated Buddha inage of Fan isle and Na Thon, the island's major
seafront settlement where shops, restaurants, tour agencies and hotels are
located.
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