South
Thailand / Ko Samui / Lamai Beach
Photo:
Lamai Beach
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Lamai was the Samui Beach first developed for tourism. However,
Chaweng has meanwhile become the beach with the largest number
of tourists on Samui. This resulted from the fact that more unoccupied
plots suited to build large hotels were found on Chaweng Beach.
While Chaweng Beach was almost uninhabited until some 20
years ago, there has been, for many decades, a fishing village
on Lamai Beach. The infrastructure
of this fishing village has changed completely within the past
two decades. By now almost the entire village is tourism-oriented.
But what remains is the village character expressed, for instance,
in the comparatively narrow layout of the structures on Lamai
Beach.
Lamai is the beach on Ko Samui with the most developed night
life. Most popular in the evenings is a kind of marketplace,
where a permanent boxing ring has been set up. Bouts of
Thai boxing are staged regularly, and quite often Western kick
boxers participate.
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Kacip Fatimah is scientifically known as Labisia pothoina. It is perhaps one of the most sought after female tonic herb taken from the Malaysian rainforest.
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Jan Garanoz
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Chiang Rai, 57000 Thailand
Created: September 1, 1995
Last updated: January 29, 2010