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Experience so much more than beaches on your next trip to Koh Samui

Experience so much more than beaches on your next trip to Koh Samui

By Explore
Updated May 13 2022 - 5:31pm, first published May 12 2022 - 4:00pm

Now that Thailand is welcoming vaccinated travellers, writer Michael Turtle gives the lowdown on an island favourite, Koh Samui.

When Alex Garland wrote his 1996 novel The Beach, he set it in the Gulf of Thailand, with the tropical islands south of Bangkok the perfect place for a story about a search for an idyllic hidden paradise. These days, it’s hard to imagine there could be an undiscovered community of backpackers on one of the islands here, but thankfully you can still find your own paradise.

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