Express boat from Ta Chang (elephant pier) to Baan Ang Thong on Koh Samui

Ko Samui thirty years ago


The island Samui (Thai: เกาะสมุย) in the gulf of Thailand is a clear example how a paradise change into a nasty tourist stronghold. It changed from one of my favorites targets in to the most disliked one. Samui has changes into a center of overcharging every oncoming tripper. In February 1981 I spent my honeymoon with my wife after our wedding party with 600 guests. We escaped this giant festival …  (read more)

08 Jul 2009

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Sunset between the palm wood

Enjoy a amazing sunset every day at Koh Samui.

08 Jul 2009

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Pier at Lamai Beach

This simple pier was broken off some years later.

08 Jul 2009

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The only beach vendor girl selling mussels

A girl selling "Hoy Lay" (baby clams) to my wife for a dinner dish. We could cook our own dish in the kitchen from the Aloha Resort.

08 Jul 2009

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Sunset at Lamai Beach

We were the only visitors walking along the beach, meeting some local people.

08 Jul 2009

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Hin Da and Hin Yai Cap and its view point

At the top of the lonely small palm often sitting a naughty boy watching young couples between the rocks. As often I visit Koh Samui, every time I recognized some body in this palm. Once the answer was a hail of stones thrown to this baby palm from disturbed tourists.

08 Jul 2009

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Lamai Beach

Lonely place to relax. At the background Hin Da Hin Yai cap.

01 Aug 2009

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Inside the island

We came to the same place 25 years later. By luck this idyllic place hasn't changed and this horizontal grown up palm still exist.

08 Jul 2009

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Walking inside the island

This idyllic place changed to an noisy air field, the business with mass tourism got started. The owners of Bangkok Airways Company keep the monopoly and exclusive right to all of this territory.

01 Aug 2009

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Walking inside the island

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