Bangsaphan is a sleepy tourist town situated about halfway between the provincial towns of Prachuabkirikhan and Chumphon and 400 kilometers south of Bangkok. It remains relatively unspoilt and untouched by the mass tourism and escalating prices that has tarnished other Thai beach destinations such as Phuket, Krabi, Hua Hin, Koh Samui and Pattaya. It is…
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Thailand travel
Thailand, biking beaches to borders
Being based in Bangsaphan yields plenty of opportunity to get off the beaten tracks and tourist trails and explore miles of empty beaches, hidden temples, rustic villages and border markets and outposts. There is no better way to do this than on two wheels. The Burmese border is less than 20 kilometers away from the…
Thailand, surviving the tsunami
After consuming a few too many Christmas beers the night before I woke late and it was likely we would miss our boat to Koh Phi Phi today. Left the hotel and wandered down to the beach to see what all of the commotion was about, people were heading inland and cars and bikes were…
Thailand, journeys through the south
[1998 – 2007] Several trips were taken through south Thailand during the decade from 1997 to 2007. From Bangkok down taking in Petchaburi, Cha-am, Hua Hin (where I finally settled in 2000) Prachuabkirikhan, Bangsaphan, Chumphon, Lang Suan, Ranong, Suratthani, Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao, Khao Lak, Phuket, Pha-nga, Krabi, Koh Lanta, Trang, Nakhon Si…