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Older news News from the islands Here you will find news about Thailand, Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao. On this page we are mainly adding news concerning tourism, events, the weather, devolopments, environmental issues, celebrations and fun in general. We are not a replacement for other news recourses as we don't focus on daily life issues, crime, accidents, politics etc. |
The latest news are found here News 2005 |
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Kohsamui.org wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We also wish that all of you who are coming to these islands in 2006, will have a very pleasant stay. Also remember to be very careful in the Christmas and New Years traffic. "See" you online or in Thailand in 2006! |
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The birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej is celebrating his 78th birthday on the 5th of December 2005. In June 9th 2006, and he has been the King of Thailand for 60 years! We and the whole Thai nation wish him a very happy birthday and long healthy life! |
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Exaggerated articles regarding the rain In a few European newspapers, excessive articles has reported that Samui almost is an isolated island after the raining on the 24-25th of November. This is false! On the 27 and 28th of November, Koh Samui had many hours of sunshine and almost no wind. The ferries and airport are operating as normal. |
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24 hours of raining Heavy rain on November 24-25th, resulted in some flooding on these islands, the Surat Thani province and the near provinces. We hope this will mark the end of the monsoon (rain season) this year as it has been rather wet. Our thoughts are with those who were affected by the flooding. |
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The Chaweng office of Bangkok Air The Chaweng office of Bangkok Airways (next to the Bangkok Hospital) is temporary closed, for renovation, until early 2006. The airport office at Samui Airport are opened as usual. Further info is found here |
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Coastal cleanup - Angthong Marine Park In Angthong and around the world, September 2005. No trash can The International Coastal Cleanup are organizing beach and coastline cleanup around the world. There are almost no words for how important this movement is and how thankful we are for all the individual volunteers! Further info is found here |
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Bangkok Airways Open Bangkok Airways on the net here |
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Samui Oktoberfest 2005 On Chaweng beach, 17 - 18 September 2005 Prost - Chock dee The second "October Festival" or Oktoberfest will be held at the Long Beach Lodge at Chaweng beach on the September 17-18. This event starts at 10 AM and it is a Charity Event by the Rotary Club of Koh Samui. German specialties like Sauerkraut, Bratwurst and Weisswurst will be served as well as Löwenbräu Bier. (German beer) |
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A new newspaper on Koh Samui A new newspaper was born on Samui in middle of August. Samui Community Newspaper is the first newspaper in English here and the price is reasonable 20 baht. It can be bought at Family Mart and at orange newsracks at various locations. Kohsamui.org welcomes this initiative by the Nidori Group, and we hope it will be successful. |
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Sunshine on the islands After a little "too" grey sky in June and July, the sun has been shining a lot on us now latest week. But Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao defenetly needed the rain before as the water supplies got rather dry earlier this year. More about the weather here |
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Koh Samui Music Festival - KSMF 2005 On Chaweng, 23 September - 2 October 2005 Jerry Lee Lewis, UB 40, Jools Holland and The Wailers! and a lot of other great artists will visit our island. There is a main stage outdoors and some of the artists are performing at the CoCo Blues. Do not miss this event if you are on Koh Samui! |
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