What to See, Eat, Do in Chumphon, Thailand | āđ€āļ—āļĩāđˆāļĒāļ§āđ€āļĨāđˆāļ™āļŠāļīāļĨāđ† āļāļīāļ™āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļ­āļĢāđˆāļ­āļĒāļ—āļĩāđˆāļˆāļąāļ‡āļŦāļ§āļąāļ”āļŠāļļāļĄāļžāļĢ

🍀 Chumphon - a non-touristic beachside destination about 500 kilometres south of Bangkok - was our favourite haunt back during 2010 - 2014. Digging through my photo archives, I found that we were there practically EVERY single year! Some years even more than once, until 2014 when the images there simply stopped!

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Loud Loud Lipe, Satun! Expect a Paradise? Go Elsewhere!

Thai people have a word for those with frustratingly always innocent and optimistic views of the world. We call them 'beautiful-world people' or 'Puak Lok Suay.' I am definitely not one of those, and this is my not-so-rosy review of Koh Lipe in Satun, southern Thailand. This is a paradise so fragile, it can easily be ruined by an inconsiderate next door neighbour. What can we do better with our environment and human manners?

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2 Days 1 Night in Chantaburi (See, Eat, Do) with Durian and All | āđ‚āļ›āļĢāđāļāļĢāļĄāđ€āļ—āļĩāđˆāļĒāļ§ āļāļīāļ™ āļŠāļĄāļ˜āļĢāļĢāļĄāļŠāļēāļ•āļī āļˆāļąāļ™āļ—āļšāļļāļĢāļĩ

Above: This video highlights Chantaburi’s beautiful nature, captured during our recent ‘Pure Nature’ trip to Chantaburi with the TAT.  So we were in Chantaburi in September. Which, as everyone might have already taken note, was an offseason for this tropical fruit haven. The Tourism Authority of Thailand is now promoting ‘second-tier’ provinces, trying to boost awareness for the smaller, on-the-fringe destinations. Among them is Chantaburi – a seaside town on the East Coast, about 3-hour drive from Bangkok. So what would you do when the famous fruits are not available? You might want to hit the waterfalls...

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