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Going to holiday in Thailand. How does my itinerary look? Would you make any changes to places/time spent?

by suanie

Question by ASAHA: Going to holiday in Thailand. How does my itinerary look? Would you make any changes to places/time spent?
Here’s the latest plan for my trip to Thailand:
Land in Bangkok at 12pm Thurs (Oct 7), go give measurements for a suit, have dinner and catch a plane at 9pm to Chiang Mai.
Spend 4 and a half days in Chiang Mai (5 nights) and fly back to Bangkok Tuesday afternoon to catch the sleeper train/transfer/ferry combo to Koh Samui.
Spend 3 full days (3nights) in Samui before catching a Ferry/Bus Combo to Krabi (to spend the Saturday night partying in Ao Nang).
The next morning catch a bus to Trang and from there catch a longboat to Koh Libong (an island off Trang) - 2 and a half days there (3nights)...
Lastly, catching the longboat back to Trang, a bus back to Krabi and a plane back to Bangkok for 4 nights in the big city to finish things off! (doing a bunch of shopping and getting my suit completed).
If there are any suggestions/changes that you would make i would like to hear them as well as why. Also if there are any good cheap bungalows you would recommend for Samui i would like to know about them.
Thanks. Any and all comments are appreciated

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Answer by wakeuphappy
For a great time.Khao Yai national park to see the most wildlife in the country(it's where they filmed Leonardo DiCaprio jumping off the waterfall in the movie 'The Beach'),Ayutthaya,Lopburi and Sukhothai to see Thailand's versions of Angkor Wat in Cambodia,Bangkok for super cheap shopping,The Andaman sea for the most beautiful water in the country,The northwest mountains with Chiang Mai,Mae hong son,Chaing Rai and Phi for cooler weather,beautiful views and amazing temples.The Isan for very traditional Thai/Laos culture,Nong Khai to see the famous Mae Kong river and last but not least..The # 1 island is Koh Chang.It is across the gulf from Samui on the Thai/Cambodian side.If you are looking for an island to see then I strongly suggest Koh Chang.You can take a bus there from Mo Chit bus station,Bangkok.I have lived here in Thailand for years and have seen at least 90% of the country and have seen almost all of the islands.I consider it to be the most beautiful island in Thailand.Koh Chang has everything a person could be looking for in an island.It is the second largest island in the country,it has the largest cloud ringed mountains of any island here,only one side is touristy(but not too much)and the other side is almost people-less.You can feel truly cast away while standing on secret white sand beaches being the only people around.The touristy side has a law that restricts any building to be built over 3 stories so it does not have the ruined Honolulu,Hawaii look.Koh Chang has accommodations to fit everyone's budget.From a few bucks a night for a bamboo bungalow with only a fan,perfect .00 a night rooms,to way more than most can afford.It has full moon parties like Samui,excellent live music bars,incredibly good/cheap seafood/snorkeling,scuba diving on the outer small islands and because there is only one main road that circles the island 90%,the interior is completely wild.Most tourists come and go from Koh Chang thinking there is no wild life but that is because they hang around the coast all day and the animals have split into the mountains.If you go elephant trekking you will see plenty of wild life.Also,if you take my advice DO NOT worry about finding a place to stay prior to going there.White sand beach,Kai Bae and Lonely beach are guaranteed to have plenty of rooms available when you come(Unless it's the Song Khran new year festival time in April).The first place you will see is White sand beach it is the most expensive area to stay in but still has all kinds of normal backpackers partying there.My Thai friend Moe has the largest bar on the island in White sands.It is called 'Sabay bar'(Google it).Every night there is live western style music and sometimes on the beach concerts.The bar itself is also beautiful.In White sands you can find plenty of places that are also not overly expensive to stay in.The next location is Kai Bae where things start to get better priced.There is tons of really good western style food to eat in Kai Bae when you get really sick of rice like me.There are many,many bar/clubs there.My friend Nick from London owns 'Lek bar' in Kai Bae.It has good/cheap rooms and live music everyday plus excellent western food.The next place is Lonely beach.It got that name because years ago it was just a quiet,tranquil little place to relax.Then every rasta,dread lock person in Thailand found out about its very tolerant atmosphere and came there,now it is the Jamaica of Thailand.All the bars pumping out reggae.On from there there is Bang Bao.It is like a little town built out on the water.Where ever you walk the ocean is under your feet.It is full of sea food restaurants and tons of shops.I have barely covered the fun you can have on Koh Chang,there is just too much to do.You just have to see it for yourself.I have been there 30 something times because my Thai wife's family has a restaurant in Kai Bae so it is like a second home for me now.I often go wild boar hunting with her father in the interior and take people to the coolest places on the island that are far from the tourist ares.There is a place I found some years ago that even some of islanders did not know about I call 'Secret beach' if there is anywhere in Thailand like the little hippy commune (minus the hippies)in the movie 'The Beach' it's my little "Secret Beach."There are only a few fisherman's huts and the greatest beach I have ever seen in this world and I have traveled alot.The best part is there is a small river then comes down out of the mountains that backs up against the beach creating a large pool and then flowing over and on into the sea.The pool and river are perfectly clear with white sand bottoms and best of all,cold because Thailand is hot.When I go with tourists that I often show around the island who want to see the real Koh Chang they freak out when they see the beach.
I hope you take my advice you won't regret it.
Have fun in Thailand.
Source(s):
I live here.

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