Best place in Thailand for 7 days beach & culture with good flight from Hangzhou Chin
Jul 26, 2015, 10:30 am
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Best place in Thailand (or nearby) 7dy beach & culture with flight from Hangzhou CH
Hi,
looking for good place in Thailand to see some good culture, and also have some good beach time. (about 50-50%)
With a good connection and not to expensive from Hangzhou China.
loosing not much time getting somewhere.
not wanting to go to Bangkok this time.
regards
Chris
looking for good place in Thailand to see some good culture, and also have some good beach time. (about 50-50%)
With a good connection and not to expensive from Hangzhou China.
loosing not much time getting somewhere.
not wanting to go to Bangkok this time.
regards
Chris
Last edited by christravelblog; Jul 27, 2015 at 4:40 am Reason: added nearby in the title.
Jul 27, 2015, 4:39 am
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Jul 27, 2015, 7:01 am
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If "nearby" extends to Malaysia, then Langkawi is pretty neat to visit mostly because it is less developed (yet still having a mix of 5-star resorts next to beach shacks). Fairly unique and my stay there at Bon Ton was very enjoyable. It is right on the Thai border (my cell phone kept connecting to a tower in Thailand).
Jul 28, 2015, 11:51 am
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If "nearby" extends to Malaysia, then Langkawi is pretty neat to visit mostly because it is less developed (yet still having a mix of 5-star resorts next to beach shacks). Fairly unique and my stay there at Bon Ton was very enjoyable. It is right on the Thai border (my cell phone kept connecting to a tower in Thailand).
damn, islands are just more difficult to get to :-)
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You have to go further afield these days to avoid insane-level crowds, especially in high season but increasingly also in summer thanks to the influx from China.
Phuket and Samui are overdeloped and "lost", IMO, with Krabi and Chang rapidly getting there. In response, airlines like Nok Air and Bangkok Airways are stepping up efforts to also ruin Trang and Trat provinces and nearby islands, but there's still the far south with the Islamic insurgency that's stalled out a bit.
Aug 4, 2015, 4:09 pm
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Thailand gets something like 28 million total visitors now and is hoping for 40 million by 2020.
You have to go further afield these days to avoid insane-level crowds, especially in high season but increasingly also in summer thanks to the influx from China.
Phuket and Samui are overdeloped and "lost", IMO, with Krabi and Chang rapidly getting there. In response, airlines like Nok Air and Bangkok Airways are stepping up efforts to also ruin Trang and Trat provinces and nearby islands, but there's still the far south with the Islamic insurgency that's stalled out a bit.
You have to go further afield these days to avoid insane-level crowds, especially in high season but increasingly also in summer thanks to the influx from China.
Phuket and Samui are overdeloped and "lost", IMO, with Krabi and Chang rapidly getting there. In response, airlines like Nok Air and Bangkok Airways are stepping up efforts to also ruin Trang and Trat provinces and nearby islands, but there's still the far south with the Islamic insurgency that's stalled out a bit.