Originally Posted by Savage25
If you want to get to Koh Samui on the *A Airpass, you can take a TG flight to Surat Thani. From there, you can take a taxi (about 250baht or a bus for 90 baht, one hour) to the ferry pier where you get onto a ferry to Koh Samui (about 60 baht, 2 hours)...too much effor for me, but backpackers do it just fine.
Thanks Savio; haven't seen you since BKK in Jan. I agree with you, too much effort.
Originally Posted by rejunivated
What about Pattaya?
Pattaya does fit the beach description, but I had a not so great experience there and certainly wouldn't put it in the same category as Phuket or Koh Samui.
Originally Posted by kainoa1524
I'm in Vietnam and they have some fantastic beaches just south of Ho Chi Minh City.
I had thought about Vietnam, but with the one added step of a visa, even that is too much. At this point less is more.
Thanks all