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MickTheKick
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Yurune, thanks for the clarification. TiT: You can see the sunset even from an eastcoast beach - same same but different... 
Seriously: most of the Lamai Beach View cottages have an excellent view due to their elevation (including the miracle of an eastern sunset). Nevertheless they have quite a bit of a hotel beach section as well...
No, they don't pay me... I just had a good time there...
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 7:32 pm on Mar. 7, 2007
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Monday 12 March 2007 :-
Official warns of hotel glut in Koh Samui
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The Thai Hotel Association has expressed concern over the rising number of hotel rooms on Koh Samui as foreign tourists are likely to move back across the isthmus to the Andaman Sea. Koh Samui became more popular after the 2004 tsunami devastated tourism areas along the Andaman coast.
The completion of the tsunami warning system has brought back confidence to tourists visiting Phuket, Krabi and Phangnga provinces, said Prakit Chinamourpong, the association's vice-president.
The tourism boom in Samui in the past few years has prompted heavy hotel room expansion on the island. An additional 2,000 to 3,000 rooms are expected in the next three years, up from 10,000 rooms at present.
Hotels this year have felt the pinch as occupancy during the high season, from January to February, was only 60% _ lower than the 80% occupancy rate during the same period last year.
The 60% rate remains good, he said, but further expansion could pose risks.
Apart from an expected saturation of rooms, a lack of flights to Koh Samui is also a major barrier because Bangkok Airways has a monopoly on the island. Samui has no problems with water supply this year, but Mr Prakit said the government should make the proper investments to meet demand in the ensuing years.
The cabinet will consider proposed plans to build either a big or small reservoir, improve existing water resources, build a tunnel from the mainland to Koh Samui worth 700 million baht, or allow the private sector to increase water works installations.
''The current [water] production could meet demand until 2012, based on an 8% increase in the number of tourists,'' he said.
Mr Prakit said the room occupancy rate in tourism spots along the Andaman Sea was rising. Hotels in Phuket, Phangnga and Krabi have averaged 80% occupancy.
But occupancy rates in Bangkok in the first two months of this year fell sharply compared to the same period last year, due mainly to the bombings on New Year's Eve.
THA member hotels in Bangkok now have 7,000 hotel rooms, with an additional 4,000 expected over the next three years, mainly from expansion in the Sukhumvit area to handle increased traffic from the new Suvarnabhumi Airport
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 1:30 am on Mar. 12, 2007
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zipster500
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Guys, thanks for the advice, I'm gonna go with the Lamai Beach View Resort.
Boy, getting from Udon Thani to Samui not easy:
1. Have to take bus from gf's village to Udon Thani
2. Thai Air flight to Bangkok
3. Thai Air flight to Surat Thani
4. Then take a bus to a ferry?
5. Then take the ferry
Geez, starting to look like my 17 hour flight JFK to Bkk....!!!
I guess I could by pass 3,4 and 5 with a Bangkok Airways flight - Bkk to Samui direct....
Man, lots of work planning this "vacation",,,
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 1:47 pm on Mar. 12, 2007
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snpark
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why cant u get bangkok airways direct from bangkok or even from udonthani too?
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 8:26 pm on Mar. 12, 2007
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snpark
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sorry I just re-read your last sentence
it just seemed the obvious thing to do in the first place!
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 8:27 pm on Mar. 12, 2007
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ColoradoGuy
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Quote: from zipster500 on 3:29 am on Mar. 13, 2007
Boy, getting from Udon Thani to Samui not easy:
A suggestion: Let GF find her way from Udon Thani to BKK? You have "work" to do in BKK and cannot get up to NakarnNowhere to give money to everyone. 
Then fly to Samui. Easy.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 10:33 pm on Mar. 12, 2007
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zipster500
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Colorado Guy wrote:
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A suggestion: Let GF find her way from Udon Thani to BKK? You have "work" to do in BKK and cannot get up to NakarnNowhere to give money to everyone.
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Yes, but the whole point was for me to go with her and meet the family...I admit that I am curious to check it out, never really been up there except for a trip to Laos. My impression is they have an abundance of dirt and whiskey, and not much else...
Well, for those who care, the final outcome was bus from Nakorn Nowhere to Udon Thani, Thai Airways to Bkk, then Bangkok Airways to Samui, cause they are the only airline to fly direct to Samui without the whole ferry deal...
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 5:36 pm on Mar. 13, 2007
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chockdee
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Mickthekick,
cheers for the recco of Lamai Bay View Resort...looks just the ticket. Good prices for early december too. Can you remember [!] how far it is into bars ect in town? It says 2km on the website.
Funny about the sunset thing!! They actually mention the sunset views on their website.
I was planning on going down to Koh Lanta for a week. But it might be a bit on the quiet side. Plus too many know-it-all backpacker types! Although any Lanta feedback would be good.
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:29 am on Mar. 21, 2007
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MickTheKick
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chockdee, it's a 10 min. walk on the beach into the busier areas of Lamai beach or some 20 min. walk on the street. So it's not exactly right in the middle of the action (which is good imho). You might want to hire a car or motocy in the hotel or at the nearby rental...
Did I mention that they have a nice comfy restaurant with exellent staff? No no, they still don't pay me! 
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Posted on: 8:43 pm on Mar. 21, 2007
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