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PHUKET
.last visited February 2014Offshore islands from the roof pool of The Kantary Bay hotel, Cape Panwa, a quiet area in the south-east of Phuket.THIS PAGE LAST UPDATED FEB 2014Â - FIRST PUBLISHED DEC 2007I...
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Budget Resorting on the Whitsunday Islands
LONG ISLAND RESORT AND HOOK ISLAND WILDERNESS RESORTLong Island Resort's position at Happy Bay is pretty good on the best beach of the island, facing north which provides shelter from the SE trade...
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Spending Time in Airlie Beach
Airlie Beach with Able Point Marina and Cannondale in background (image Azure Sea)Image - Whitsunday TransitThere is a good area map and map of Airlie-Cannondale combinedhereAirlie Beach is the...
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Ko Tarutao
"Survivor" country - Siobhan from Adelaide crosses this rickety bridge to the daytrip/camping area at the north end of Ao Son Beach on the west coast of Tarutao. Ko Tarutao is a big, mountainous...
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Perama Slow Boat - Flores to Komodo NP to Lombok
Late afternoon relaxation as Perama 114 cruises towards the sunset north of Sumbawa island (CLICK TO EXPAND IMAGES)From the 3 other boat-trip reports on this blog, you can probably gather I'm a bit of...
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Seraya and Kanawa Islands and Labuanbajo town, west Flores.
Want your own budget beachfront bungalow on a near deserted island with nice beaches and reasonable snorkelling? Seraya fits the bill real well. I paid $us12 for a single less expensive Category A...
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Bali's Best Beaches - the Bukit Peninsula and Others
UPDATED MAY 2014Best beach on Bali? Well on the mainland at least in my humble opinion. This is Balangan, the closest of the Bukit beaches to Kuta and the airport. More info and pix down page.The Bukit...
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East Bali - Padangbai and Candidasa
Last visited June 2013 (Candidasa) - September 2011 (Padangbai)No shortage of dive boats at Padangbai. That's a Lembar (Lombok) bound vehicle ferry leaving the pier in the background.South Bali...
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PHANGAN PART 2
Last visited April 2012HAD SALAD, THAN SADET, HAD THIAN, BOTTLE BEACH PLUS NEARBY BEACHESTaking it easy on Had Sadet (click to expand pix)My main Phangan page is getting pretty lengthy so after my...
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SAMUI
Last visited August 2013Listen up trendsetters - who says you can't find laid-back, picturesque, good-value places on Samui these days? This is Jungle Club high in the hills behind Chaweng Noi with 180...
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Thailand's Best Beaches
Everone's favourite - Bottle Beach (Had Khuad/Khuat) on the east end of the north coast of Ko Phangan. I reckon there are better - if pushed I'd say the beach at Donald Duck Bay on Similan Island #8 (4...
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Langkawi
Pantai Cenang, Langkawi's most popular beach (click all shots to expand - might depend on your browser).Langkawi is a big island very close to the Thai border in north-west peninsula Malaysia. It is...
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Ko Bulon Lae updated
.Last visited March 2013Lazing on a sunny afternoon - the perfect island for relaxation. Click to expand shot (may depend on your browser).MOST OF THIS PAGE WAS WRITTEN AFTER MY DECEMBER '09 VISIT BUT...
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Khao Lak Updated
Last visited April 2012 Best restaurant view and surprisingly, some of the cheaper food in the Khao Lak area - outlook from the balcony table at MUAN LAI restaurant adjacent the main road as it drops...
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Redang Island
(last visited September 2013)The snorkelling enclosure at Redang's Marine National Park Headquarters had the best coral and fish I've seen in SE Asia for several years. Best area was way past the pier...
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Sibu Island
(visited June 2011)Not a bad first look at Pulau Sibu's Rimba Resort's location as our access boat approached the beach. Chalets are under the trees. Visit Tioman and you will notice a bunch of other...
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Canggu
Last visited August 2012 Canggu (say it with a Ch) is traditionally a fishing and rice growing area just north of the Tuban-Kuta-Seminyak tourist strip. But things are changing fast. The best surf in...
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Tirta Gangga rice terraces and water palace
Visited June 2013Scene from the main highway just north of the Tirta Gangga water palace - click to expand imageMany say the real Bali is found in the rice growing areas. I'm a great fan of the...
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Ko Nangyuan
.Last visited July 2013One of the more spectacular locations in the Gulf, 3 small islands - 2 with considerable height - joined by a sweet sand spit.Nangyuan is a short distance off the north-west...
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MEDEWI
VISITED MAY 2014Medewi (say Me-de-wi : each "e" as in deck) has for some time been a surfing spot on the mid-western coast of Bali. The uncrowded coastline, clear sea-water, peaceful villages,...
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