Visiting Koh Chang, Thailand
Life on Koh Chang is what Phuket and Koh Samui used to be...very laid-back and relaxed. But they are building like crazy...get there soon!
Hotels? Hotels for ANY budget...we stayed at the luxurious, Barali Beach Resort, but wallking along the beach came across huts, low-price hotels, medium-price hotels for every budget. We never ran across any Americans...primarily Norwegians, Swedes and Europeans. The Barali was loaded with Swedes and most of them stay for, at least, one month to excape 16+ Daily hours of darkness at this time of the year. I don't blame them in the least!
There are many Thailand websites that can help you with hotels in Koh Chang and other destinations in Thailand.
Life on Koh Chang is very simple...sleep, eat, snorkel, scuba-dive, visit other islands, work on your sun tan, go to Cambodia for a day or two, drink a beer on the beach and watch the sunset.
Tough life...but if you budget and exert some time and energy, you too can be sitting there watching the sunset!!
There is always something new to learn when you travel. On this trip, we discovered multiple booths that discount hotels at the airport (right there after you exit customs in the international terminals and some in the domestic terminal) in Bangkok and other locales. Really good deals!!
We chose the Miracle Grand Hotel at $62/nite including a huge buffet breakfast. This is a beautiful **** hotel by the airport which is what we needed since our United flight was leaving at 6:30AM the next day.
More Thai tips later on.....
