phuket or hua hin

[souness]

what about the kata thani resort? bit pricey but good beach location and looks near restaurants and nightlife.good discounts in august.anyone stayed there?

sean

[saint]

LA, Instead of stopping off at Hua-Hin why not go the other 100 kms south and stop at Prachuab Kiri Khan,( Ao Manao beach ) is BEAUTIFUL & Clean as is the Sea there,about 6kms of whiteish sand & NOBODY on it,when WE were there,Anyway,Although NOT Much nightlife & you would have to go back into Prachuab to dine,Unless of course you ate at your accomodation... .

What are you trying to do to me 747? That's my little piece of heaven. I love the place so much i even bought a plot of land down there for my retirement, well the wife did! I just paid for it !!! Now the place is going to be full of scallys Anyway now my illusion of a nice quiet retirement have been well and truly shattered , would anyone want to bye half a rye, 600 meters from the beach from me, er the wife? LOL

[laphanphon]

747 knows ....................... i'm selling up also now.

yes, have stayed there, at the military facilities/hotel, nice, well, ok rooms, big, frig, made for big numbers of guests i assume. very clean beach, but when we were there, had to walk out fairly far for waist high water. but nice area. at least swimmable water.

hua hin is again, familiarlity, couple restaurants, as once there, i don't like to drive much, R&R, but like exploring new places like now on north side. now from there down, i want to investigate, as never paid attention. pranburi, which marmite did a nice thing on teakdoor i think, and the rest of the place down that coast. only familiar with thung wua laen, chumphon, and one short stop long time ago at bang saphan.

[747man]

Sorry about that,Saint but DON'T worry I am NOT one of your average Scally's I intend or INDEED promised Myself at least one more trip to Pranburi,& Prachuab Kiri Khan,But can promise YOU That unfortunatley WE won't be settling down there,as my Wife is STILL attached to her Mothers apron strings,and SHE is ** Years of age........ ** NO I dare'nt SHE Would KILL Me

[laphanphon]

couple threads of another forum, about PKK, pranburi, if unfamiliar. teak door has some good stuff on it sometimes, again, accomodations and food for me. might reconize a name or 2 on there, hope they don't mind me posting, since public forum, guessing not.

my pics, but not commentary, below that, teakdoor threads, pics and commentary.

http://community.webshots.com/album/207529586zspVis

http://teakdoor.com/thailands-traveller ... -khan.html

http://teakdoor.com/thailands-traveller ... vince.html

http://teakdoor.com/thailands-traveller ... nburi.html

[Arnold.J.Lane]

Went to Phuket a month or two back.Its very scenic but some places are very expensive.
I dont think I would choose Patong again but Kata and Nai Haan,on the southern tip of the island,are fine with nice beaches and reasonable nightlife,particularily in Kata.

[arjay]

Indeed Phuket has many nice beaches and very good scenery, but be aware Souness said he was looking at going in July or August when sea conditions (and thus beach life) are likely to be much less than ideal.

[douglas]

Hi,
Looking at T.V. today,sad. There was the start of a big golf match at the Black Mountian Golf Club at Hua Hin. Looks very nice country side. This was the first day so it should be on for another three days if you want to look at it, on ESPN.channel.
Cheers Doug.

[Mudshark]

souness - how about considering Koh Samet...south of Pattaya but a world away in development. Koh Samet is a natioal park...with a lot of accomodation, just off shore towards Ranong side of the south east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. When I went there in the rainy season it was bless by sunshine due to the prevailing wind direction from the SW. It was pouring and thunder on the mainland as they moist SW winds hit the mountainous coast just a couple of kilometers away.

Another favorite is Koh Chang...further along the coast from Koh Samet towards the border with Cambodia. Koh Chang tends to be a bit wetter than Koh Samet as the island has some high hills on it that capture the moist SW winds.

Finally, if you enjoyed Koh Samui, why not try out nearby Koh Phanangan or Koh Tao. Former is a 30 minute ferry ride from Koh Samui while Koh Tao is about 90 minutes. Koh Tao is the scuba dive central in the rainy season in Thailand when the Andaman side sort of shuts down.

I agree with the other posters, Hua Hin is a definate pick if you like golf.

I've never been to all the Andaman Sea side resorts in the rainy season you are planning for (Phuket, Koh Lanta, Railay Beach, Krabi etc) but I've heard it does rain and they prevailing wind is from the South West then making for big waves. I believe there even is a surfing season at kata beach in Phuket in that season.

Good luck souness - GT

[747man]

Mudshark, I Am sure it was just a slip up on your post.......But Koh Samet is just off the coast at RAYONG,and NOT Ranong.............

[souness]

mudshark,thanks for youre post.i did consider samet but thought it a bit small to stay on for a couple of weeks.
last year enjoyed lamai on samui but not chaweng.very expensive and women with attitude problems.
at least with pattaya you know whats what.
never dabbled in laos.only girl i keep in touch with from last years trip is from udon but reading between the lines i think an oversexed american is sniffing around.i suppose that rules out pop pops and laphanphon does it? ha ha!
i think ive made my mind up on kata on phuket and maybe travel to krabi area depending on the weather.
thank u all.

sean

[laphanphon]

laphanphon does it

HEY........i'm over sexed, i just do my sniffing around the house...............thank god for school.