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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| I was a little put off by the garbage floating in the ocean around the north end of the island (Koh Samet). The beaches were nice though and I didn't see garbage floating there. I'd go back but can't say that it compares at all to the Perhentians. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Anyone going to the Perhentians for the Lunar New Year? How much would it cost? |
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TECO
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 1:59 am Post subject: |
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Myself, probably hit El Nido on Palawan Island in the Philippines.
Ever been there? |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 6:18 am Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| Anyone going to the Perhentians for the Lunar New Year? How much would it cost? |
I think you may still be in the rainy season then. What are the dates exactly this year? |
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kangnamdragon
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Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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| January 21-25 most of us are off. Where is the best beach to go to at that time? |
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Zed
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| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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| The rainy season will be over on the other side of the peninsula at that time. I don't know it though. When I was there I was in the reverse situation. The west coast of Malaysia and Thailand should be relatively dry then. |
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TECO
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 7:49 am Post subject: |
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| I think that the Western side of the penninsula will be in 'high season' or 'dry season'. |
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camel96
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 8:03 am Post subject: |
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| kimcheeking wrote: |
Grand Beach just north of Winnipeg has white sand. And in the winter it has white snow.
Seriously it has some of the softest whitest sand I have ever seen. |
Presumably you mean Winnipeg, Thailand....?
Anyhow the P Islands'll definitely be shut down in Jan. Rainy, murky water. Actually I think the boats there even stop from Nov 15th onwards until Feb. You'd have to charter a fishing boat or something. I was on the East Coast there a few years ago in December and it poured literally the whole time. |
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TECO
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 8:09 am Post subject: |
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The Western Peninsual (Phuket / Krabi / Koh Phi Phi / Koh Lanta) is dry at this time.
From January to April the weather is in "the hot season".
The rainy or monsoon season is from May to December.
So, the best time to hit Phuket and the other Eastern islands is from December to April.
Rainy season on teh Western peninsula is from May to November.
I also like Ko Hai or Ko Ngai |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Has anyone been to Ko Si Chang and does anyone know if it's possible to continue on to Cambodia from there or would I have to return to Banglok/Pattaya to get a bus through to Phnom Penh? |
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Juggertha
Joined: 27 May 2003
Location: Anyang, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I found the island chain of the PhiPhi Islands on the east side of Thailand to be the best. I've been to Thailand twice inthe last few years and by far.. these beaches were the best. |
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purrrfect
Joined: 03 Oct 2003
Location: In Toronto, dreaming of all things theatrical
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| hey Zed - I wouldn't recommend taking the bus in Cambodia - the roads aren't very smooth - I had a verrrryyy bumpy bus ride there once... the country itself though is incredibly beautiful - have you been there before? |
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Zed
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| hey Zed - I wouldn't recommend taking the bus in Cambodia - the roads aren't very smooth - I had a verrrryyy bumpy bus ride there once... the country itself though is incredibly beautiful - have you been there before? |
No, I haven't. If not the bus then.......? |
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camel96
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Zed wrote: |
| purrrfect wrote: |
| hey Zed - I wouldn't recommend taking the bus in Cambodia - the roads aren't very smooth - I had a verrrryyy bumpy bus ride there once... the country itself though is incredibly beautiful - have you been there before? |
No, I haven't. If not the bus then.......? |
Flights to Siam Reap from BKK are probably only a $100.
BUT people who've done that road talk about it for years afterwards. It's definitely an interesting experience. No crap - there are seriously potholes big enough to make trucks disappear as they drive down into them. The irony is that a Thai construction company has had it's equipment on the Thai / Cambodian border waiting to fix the road (I think it was with a World Bank loan) for 4 or 5 years but the Cambodian government won't let them in until they pay the appropriate "administration fees"  |
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camel96
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh and the rainy season in north east Malaysia is most definitely Nov-Feb. |
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