Aloha Resort, Ko Samui

Advantages: Charity reservations - 100% to children's charity
Disadvantages: I have to work and can not be there all year!

...Is this near Rocky Resort, it is right? I am going to book using charity service Rocky Resort Samui do you know this? I am looking also for good restaurant nearby, can you help and tell me if any? Also to get to Chaweng is not a problem right? I thought I would stay at Rocky (I am photographer myself) and spend some evenings on the beach in CHawenbg as they are good I hear. I think Lamai itself is bad area yes? That is where the British girl got killed one Christmas; I do not want to go tthere. If you have any tips for good photo opportunities I also would like to hear from you; it is funny but I want to photograph Samui Airport quite a bit! I wish more web site do this charity thing BTW. Some give 5% of profit but this Read review

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...Its now possible to buy direct international flights to Ko Samui but mostly only from other asian countries flying with Bangkok Airways. For a trip from europe its easier to go direct to Phuket or Bangkok and then buy an onwards Bangkok Airways flight to Samui Airport. This the most comfortable option but also the most expensive. Overnight trains are OK, cheap and functional but you have to sleep. If you make too much noise the locals get very angry. There are various bus/ferry combo tickets which are by far the cheapest option but also are definately the most uncomfortable (especially the overcrowded minibuses) and are regularily involved in accidents. Remeber never to eat or drink anything offered to you by strangers on a bus or train. Unfortunately many people have been drugged and robbed this way.... Read review

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Advantages: Relatively unspoiled, freindly, great value for money
Disadvantages: None, really

...Arriving in Koh Samui after what seemed like a whole day's travel from Bangkok I did wonder if I had made the right decision. Hot, sticky and tired is not the best state of mind to arrive anywhere but I have to say that the first people we met made it all worth while. I knew from experience that the Thais are natural and gregarious but nothing prepared me for the welcome at our hotel and in the resort (Chaweng) generally. Yes, Chaweng is a little more commercial than I expected but compared to Patong (Phuket) or Pattaya it was charming and quiet. There are bars aplenty and, of course, lots of "adult" type entertainments but it is never "in your face" or overtly annoying. Whilst we were there a ten pin bowlng centre was opened to tremendous fanfare. Eating out can be really cheap and cheerful or sort of mid range and fabulous. Most... Read review

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