Shopping experience in Koh Chang is limited since most items found in Koh Chang are produced elsewhere in Thailand or its neighbor countries, so if you’re planning to thin your wallet, opt for mainland Trat or Bangkok instead. Haggling is advisable, start by practicing your basic Thai and give a big smile to shop attendants [...]
Koh Chang is not quite Pattaya or Phuket. When it comes to nightlife, Koh Chang offers a low key and friendly one, very much a world apart compared to the bustling Bangkok or posh Samui. If you feel like mingling and meet fellow backpackers from all over the world, the Elephant Isle have few great [...]
Many of us associate Thailand not only with sunny beaches with clear blue water, but also with one of its specialties: Thai Massage, or Nuat boran for the Thais. Thai massage is a form of deep tissue massage combined with stretching. The massage has Indian and Chinese roots. Thai masseuse or masseur will put their [...]
Mu Koh Chang Marine National Park is one of the most fascinating Natural Reserve in Thailand. The marine park includes an archipelago of 52 islands with Koh Chang the largest among the island group. The string of islands, located at the Gulf of Thailand (or sometimes called the Gulf of Siam), was barely noticed before [...]
Koh Chang is actually the name of the biggest island of the Koh Chang Marine Park archipelago and the third largest island in Thailand after Phuket and Koh Samui. If you’ve been in Phuket or Koh Samui, you’ll feel that Koh Chang is a deserted island, despite its 5000 habitants. The fisherman’s island is barely [...]
