Southern Thailand
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Southern Thailand is a distinct region of Thailand, connected with the Central region by the narrow Kra Isthmus.





Administration
Usually the south is identified with the 14 provinces (Feb 1, 2008)

Nr. Name Thai name Inh.
1. Chumphon ชุมพร 483,173
2. Krabi กระบี่ 411,620
3. Nakhon Si Thammarat นครศรีธรรมราช 1,507,411
4. Narathiwat นราธิวาส 712,298
5. Pattani ปัตตานี 637,943
6. Phang Nga พังงา 247,490
7. Phatthalung พัทลุง 502,719
8. Phuket ภูเก็ต 316,802
9. Ranong ระนอง 188,204
10. Satun สตูล 284,822
11. Songkhla สงขลา 1,326,186
12. Surat Thani สุราษฎร์ธานี 971,604
13. Trang ตรัง 610,920
14. Yala ยะลา 470,854

Lipe Island, Satun.

Koh Lipe is a small island in the Southern province of Satun, and is situated in the Andaman Sea. The island is part of the Tarutao National Marine Park, a park that groups over 70 islands. Koh Lipe is part of a cluster of 10 island, about 40 kilometers off shore. All of the islands can be visited on day trips, and the largest island in the group, Koh Adang, has bungalows ran by the National Park Authority.

From November until May daily ferries connect Koh Lipe to Pak Barra, Langkawi, Koh Lanta, Trang, Koh Ngai, Koh Muk and Koh Bulon. From may until November weekly ferries service Koh Lipe from Pak Barra. Most ferries depart from Pak Barra, a small fishing town close to Satun.

Peak season on Koh Lipe is December and January, when advanced bookings are recommended and the island completely fills up.(But even fully booked Koh Lipe still retains a low key atmosphere)

Popular activities on Koh Lipe are snorkeling and diving. There is good snorkeling straight off the beaches, but the best spots can be seen on the popular day trips that visit a few locations in a day, combined with a pick nick on a picture postcard beach. There are about 7 dive shops, and many resorts rent out snorkel gear and can arrange boat trips.

There are 3 main beaches on Koh Lipe: Pattaya Beach, Sunset Beach and Sunrise Beach. The first one is the most popular and has a wide variety of places to stay, drink and eat. Sunrise Beach has quite a few resorts as well as a small Chao Ley (Sea Gypsies) Village with some basic shops and small eateries. Sunset beach is the smallest beach and has only has a couple of places to stay. Take a look at our island map to get a better picture.

















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When you're in Nakhon Si Thammarat and need to hear Sinatra's My Way sung in Thai at ambient volumes with a chorus of caged mynar birds while lunching on a steak sandwich:

Rock 99 Bar and Grill - Bovorn Bazaar on Ratchadamnoen Rd. Open daily 11:00-14:00 and 16:00-23:00.

The owners are really good people and bilingual if you ask nicely.

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Go to Trang or Krabi if you want to avoid "tourists". Ask locals if they can reccomend places that not accessible by big tour buses. There are plenty of beautiful beaches in Krabi , but you need your own drives.

Pattani lol jk jk

I know some one who's from Yala province, lived 4 km away from the Malaysia border. He say sometimes there's violence between muslims and buddhists.

Similan island, Phang-nga

A group of 9 small islands 50 kms. off the west coast of Phang-Nga in the Andaman Sea. The National Park covers an area of 80,000 rai. Skin Diving Magazine rated them among the ten loveliest places on Earth, because of the great natural beauty found on the islands themselves and also because of the extensive surrounding coral gardens beneath the waves. The islands are undeveloped and unspoiled; numerous species of fish, crustaceans, and other forms of sea-life abound; water clarity and diving are excellent. Similan is corrupted from the Malay Sembilan and means nine. From north to south in order the islands are: Koh Bon, Koh Ba Ngu, Koh Similan, Koh Pahyoo, Koh Miang (two islands), Koh Pahyan, Koh Payahng andKoh Hu Yong.









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SIMILAN ISLAND

Tarutao National Marine Park
Satun

Tarutao National Marine Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติทางทะเลตะรุเตา ) consists of 51 islands located in the Andaman Sea, off the coast of Satun Province of Southern Thailand. The Tarutao National Marine Park consists of two island groups: Tarutao (Thai: หมู่เกาะตะรุเตา ) and Adang-Rawi (Thai: หมู่เกาะอาดัง-ราวี), which are scattered from 20 to 70 kilometers distance from the southwestern most point of mainland Thailand. The park covers an area of 1,490 square kilometers (1,260 ocean, 230 island). The southern most end of the Park lies on the border with Malaysia. Tarutao became Thailand's second marine national park on April 19, 1974. The coastal Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park had been designated in 1966.

The name Tarutao is a Thai corruption of its original Malay name, Pulau Tertua (the island of old).


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someday hihi

Try Similan group of islands which are national parks วรรณอุทยาน
เกาะแปด เกาะเก้า ของหมู่เกาะสิมิลัน น่าเที่ยวที่สุด

According to ดร อาจอง ชุมสาย's prediction ,most of those beuatiful beaches will survive the global warming (sea level rise) and the plate shift incident.

Thanx ka. i must visit those island once in my life. i never been to any island in the south exept koh Phuket

Please do visit soon and you will find how the great natural sea beauties make Thailand so attractive and be much appreciated/loved.
Tell your boyfriend to take you to these great romantic places.
Lao or Khmer trolls can never realize these Thailand beauties of the beaches and Andaman Sea without visiting them.

i will but there wont be the days of my own unless i got married, dream on, mom said.