Consisting of an archipelago of more than 40 islands the Angthong (Golden Basin) National Marine Park is a earn a living from fishing with all of the islands remaining uninhabited and undeveloped except for one. This island, Koh Paluay, is inhabited by real Sea-Gypsies who to this day earn a living from fishing. The island resembles what Koh Samui or Koh Phangan used to look like 30 years ago, prior to the arrival of tourism and modern infrastructure. The Angthong Marine Park is famous for its natural beauty untouched by development. Continue reading
Humankind’s love of the beach started pretty early on. About 400 million years ago, or thereabouts, when our slimy forebears made the first step (or wriggle) from sea to shore. The rest, from Babylonian sun-worship via the Victorian bathing machine to Bardot’s string bikini is history…
I had been staring at this piece of tranquil rock since my arrival on Samui. 
I inquired into the habitants of this private looking island with fellow vacationers who littered the beach, tanning themselves and quite happy to be away from their desk and dominant e-mails. No one knew that it was even somewhere you could step foot on.
the neighbouring marine park. But the special group that just might be more to your liking is the one that wakes up early to get a seat at their favourite bar on Sunday.
Bang Rak is the home of the speedboat community and the sailors who charter everything from Catamarans to Pinisi sailing yachts, and from fishing boats to exuberant vessels that have enormous cabins and can travel the seven seas without troubles.
So you’ve decided that the island of Koh Samui is the place that you’d like to spend the rest of your days. You’ve sold the house back home, bid your friends and extended family farewell, and hopped onto a plane and headed for the tropical paradise of Koh Samui in the Gulf of Siam.
“It is often best to know the forecast, before praying for rain”
Created as a potential model street, the impressive changes that have occurred in Bang Rak have instilled a sense of pride and need for redevelopment now for the facilities of this village, recognised by the owners of the community businesses. The entrepreneurs along this area have themselves begun to facilitate their own rebuilding, creating a contagious growth of magnificence through this village. The preservation of the old village character has been kept a priority, and as the name of Bang Rak translates into ‘The Village of Love’ in the Thai language, so has the charm been reserved that this village emanates.
gaining such momentum that it has changed the face of one of its former sleepy little villages. Baan Bang Rak, or as some have come to know it, Big Buddha Beach, has been transformed from a typical Thailand village into an area of prestige and urban grace.-
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