ABSOLUTE THAILAND - Koh Samui Land and Property Specialists

The most developed town and by far the busiest tourist area is Chaweng on the east coast which also has very large powdery white beach with water-sports etc. After Chaweng, Lamai, also on the east coast, is the next busiest town and beach. The Lamai beach is much smaller than Chaweng and slopes steeper into the sea. A vast majority of the islands discos, bars and restaurants are also within Chaweng or Lamai. Other popular and fairly developed beaches/towns include Mainam on the north coast and Bohput and Choeng Mon on the north east, these towns are much quieter and smaller than Chaweng and Lamai. On the west coast, Taling Ngam, Phang Ka and Thong Krut and Bang Kao on the south coast are likely to be developed soon. There are also about 16 other quiet beaches spread around the island.

Samui's business and administrative center is the town of Nathon to the west. This a reasonable size and meets the requirements of a modern business with business banking facilities etc.



		People first settled in Koh Samui around 1500 years ago. The first inhabitants were fisherman seeking shelter from the wind in the calm waters of Bohput bay, in the North of Koh Samui. They were quick to take advantage of the rich waters offering a plentiful supply of ink-fishes and other sea-food along with the fertile land. Small villages developed and the island population started to grow. The tropical island is located 560 kms south of Bangkok and 80 kms off the coast of Surat Thani. It is 280 sq/km with its widest point measuring 21 kilometers and its longest point measuring 25 kilometers. The local population of only 34,000 is mainly Buddhist and is very friendly. Until the recent increase of tourism coconut farming and fishing were the main sources of income. The island still exports around 2 million coconuts per month, most of which are picked by trained monkeys! There are numerous modern, well-equipped hospitals locally. Koh Samui was discovered by backpackers in the 70's and until this time had remained relatively untouched. The island is quite mountainous with a ridge running east to west and pristine tropical rain-forest still covering most of the interior of the island. The coastline comprises numerous palm fringed powdery wide sand beaches with crystal clear sapphire waters. Access to the beaches is very easy as a 50 km ring road skirts the coast line. Samui offers a wealth diversity of landscape, vistas, flora and fauna for such a small island and in recent years has developed into an upmarket holiday destination renowned throughout the world as a lush tropical paradise offering just about everything for everyone!!