The Deep South Of Thailand The frontier between Thailand and Malaysia carves across the peninsula six degrees north of the equator, but the cultures of the two countries shade into each other much further north. According to official divisions, the southern Thais - the thai pak tai - begin around Chumphon, and as you move further down the peninsula you see ever more sarongs, yashmaks and towering mosques, and hear with...... Similar Editorial : Skin Deep by Wayne and Tamara. | Source : Nana Hotel Bangkok
Southern Thailand: The Andaman Coast As Highway 4 switches from the east flank of the Thailand peninsula to the Andaman coast it enters a markedly different country : nourished by rain nearly all the year round, the vegetation down here is lushly tropical, with forests replacing up to 80m in height, and massive rubber and coconut plantations replacing the rice and sugar-cane fields of central Thailand. In this region's heartland...... Similar Editorial : Sydney Southern CBD Overcrowding by Tim Green Commercial. | Source : Cambodia Vacations
Southern Thailand: The Gulf Coast The major part of southern Thailand's Gulf coast, gently undulating from Bangkok to Nakhon Si Thammarat, 750km away, is famed above all for the Samui archipelago, three small idyllic islands lying off the popular seaside venue for independent travelers, and a lazy stay in a Samui beachfront bungalow is so seductive a prospect that most people overlook the attractions of the mainland, where the...... Similar Editorial : Southern Cooking CDs by jpurdy25. | Source : Cambodia Vacations
Pattaya Pattaya, 147km south-east of Bangkok, is Thailand's busiest beach resort with over 12,000 rooms available in hotels, bungalows and guesthouses spread along Hat Pattaya and adjoining Hat Naklua and Hat Jomtien. Pattaya is the most active of the three, a crowded crescent of sand where jet skis and powerboats slice the surf and parasail's billow over the palms all day long. Sunburned visitors jam...... Similar Editorial : Shows In Pattaya by KengIsm. | Source : Chinese New Year
Ko Samet Attracted by its proximity to Bangkok and its podery white sand, backpackers, package tourists and Thai students flock to the island of Ko Samet, 80km southest of Pattaya, whose former name, Ko Kaew Phitsadan, means "the island with sand of crushed crystal". Only 6km long, Ko Samet was declared a national park in 1981, but typically the ban on building has been ignored and there are now over...... Source : Airline Ticket Reservation
