Lamai + Crystal Bay Koh Samui + Top Thai Food, Hotel Deals + More!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มี.ค. 2022
- We pick up from last time at Chaweng Beach and continue on to Crystal Bay, Lamai, plus explore some hidden gems, a great sunset place, a top Thai food place and more! Hope you enjoy. Links/More:
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Great video as always, I think I ha e watched them all.Also have a nice speaking voice, easy to listen too thanks again for taking us along, take care and stay safe 😀
Just booked my first trip to Koh Samui/Thailand, mostly because of you and your videos. Keep up the good work brother. Lots of love from Liverpool.
This video shows why I travel to Lamai many times and will again. Thanks for the great shots of Lamai
Lamai is coming back to life & will be here waiting
Great video- love how you utilize maps to show exactly where you are. A true trip advisor.
Cool Video. Thanks for showing us around. 👍
Those sunset shots though 😍. Absolutely love your channel. Thanks for the beautiful views of Thailand 👌🏻🇹🇭🙏🏻
Love your work STL, keep it up boss! 👍👍
We stayed at crystal Bay before the pandemic and heading back to this beautiful island later on this year. What a paradise 😍
Enjoyed this "beach hopping" episode the most! You made my day... Now, hopefully I get to this marvelous island later this year!
You consistently put out nice work, great resolution w/ the camera, nice inserts outlining prices, you're assisting us all to become experts on lovely Samui!
Simply a little piece of Paradise.... :-)))
Great to see Samui has resurrected from the pandemic!
Some areas more than others but great to see all picking up again now
Beautiful beach 🏖
Life’s a beach 🏝 right there , so many beaches that are unique , different - enjoyed 🙏 - Thanks as always 😎🍻
Hi, just subscribed, you're actually my first subscription to anyone on YT, great insights, thank you.
That's a humbling compliment, not sure it's deserved but thanks kindly. STL
Thanks for this upload. Well madeiinformative&enjoyable to watch. Thank you 😎
Silver Beach is one of my favourites beaches on Samui, we stayed at Tongthakien Resort a couple of years ago - when the sea is really calm it reminds me of being in Greece.
i stayed same beach but at the Yacht club. very nice
Thank you so much for the videos. I will be on Samui next week and I'm looking forward to trying some of your recommendations.!
Fantastic, hope you enjoy!
Great to see Samui coming back to life 🐬
I love your vlogs so informative & places you would never had thought to visit thanks for your efforts it’s much appreciated by us expats 👍👍👍
Cheers Damien
Can't stop watching your vid.
I should be back in Thailand by the end of this month and I cannot wait, your videos keep me going
Woohoo! That feeling when you land in Thailand :)
There tomorrow, cant wait thanks for the great Video again! STL
This was SOOOO helpful as I'm actually in KS at the moment. I'm gonna check all of these out. Thanks so much!!
Enjoy!
Lovely video as always. Cathy and Kevs x
Love all your videos. Please keep up the great work.
Thank you!
absolutely fantastic ....I love beaches and small beach towns ...I could live there happily ....nice vid , than kyou
Enjoying watching your videos. Keep on. Looking forward to be there soon. Regards.
Staying at Crystal bay in August. Cannot wait! :)
Was lovely weather last July-Sept so should be nice, well, Crystal Bay, perfect!
Great vid! Looks like Samui is on the return, much busier compared to when I was there in Oct/Nov!
We're about to spend three weeks in Fisherman's Village, and I am so grateful for all of these videos! Especially all your local eating advice!
3 weeks, very nice, enjoy!
Great video! The maps really helped!!
Cheers!
Just a great video---I GOING, Thank You for the heads up
Cheers Paul, enjoy!
I bookmarked all your favorite places...thanks..it will save me some time while here for the 2 months...although I love venturing around discovering new places too.
Sounds like an epic trip upcoming Jeff! Enjoy! STL
Looks like so much fun , could you bottle some of these good times and send it here to California to hold me over until I get there ? LOL 😆😆Thank you for such a well done and descriptive shoe !! Enjoy and please stay safe ...
The Islands have you STL! Great to see Lamai. Hoping to be there in July☀️
July should be perfect!
It was interesting to see the Beluga hotel on your rounds, I very much have this hotel in mind for our trip. Another great vid.
Thanks Paul. That Beluga Resort & location looks ideal actually. Could walk Lamai beach each day plus surrounded by chill little bars and eateries, perfect!
STL another cool video in your collection, one of many viewed over months leading to my first Thailand trip in 20 years, will be in Koh Samui,via Bangkok, Hua Hin new train and island hop if can drag myself away from Samui, scouting for retirement locations and will be visiting once/twice per year ongoing until then, cheers from OZ
thank you so much for this
Excellent video 🤟🏻🙏🏻
I spent a year in Koh Samui back in 2008. It's calling me.
Great video to help me get my Samui fix
Thanks again for another great video. We enjoy your work. Could you please let me know what are the prevailing winds for the high season and low season?
High season prevailing winds generally from the East, low season West. My fav time of year on Samui is May/June as seas are generally calm & the water is at its clearest.
great vid👍
we r tonight at noi,s restaurant it’s fantastic, we like it there👍
keep vloging!!!!!!
Thank you! Will do!
Awesome! I want to see the same content from all places on the Earth🙂
Hold my beer...
Amazing video beautiful interesting my friend great shooting excellent footage Big Like thank you for sharing 🌴😊😊🇮🇹🇮🇹👍👍👍👍
we stayed at secret garden 6 years ago it was fantastic loved it.
Hey pal love the video are you going to do a tour of Cheong Mon area as looking to get back in a couple of months and I usually stay that area
Thanks Richard. Did a brief tour thru Choeng Mon area last vid: th-cam.com/video/jAnuxwqYYuA/w-d-xo.html but may do a full on one upcoming.
I'm there right now. Been going around islands for the past month and a half.. Love Thailand
I love how you are so sweet to Thai people!
Khrup Khun Khrup :) But really it's the other way around
Thank you!
We had the Private Pool Villa at the Crystal Bay Yacht Club last Week! It was absolutely incredible, unreal views and lots of space! Indeed it was 99€ per night and the greatest stay I've ever had!
Fantastic! Wish I'd stayed there :)
It's a tough life, but we do appreciate you slogging through it to save us the trouble!
555 ;)
you look great!
Just watching your videos on koh samui can you recommend somewhere quite with a beautiful beach. Me and my wife thinking of going to koh Samuel and koh phangam at the end of the year. Fantastic video's thank you. Alan in the UK cumbria near the borders of Scotland.
I plan to do a 2023 update on Samui upcoming and one beach I'll be focused on is Bang Por. It's a lovely chill beach. So pls stay tuned. Thanks for looking in from Cumbria.
The scenery looks incredible, love the sunset and it looks pretty busy now .After spending two years wearing a mask and having 3 jibjabs my wife and myself have Been Diagnose having the coronavirus. 160,000 a day now in Vietnam . Stay safe thanks for the uploads.
Any updates Sid? VN open again I see
@@SideTripLife
Yes it’s open , but only 30 day visa . No Chinese & no Russian. I haven’t seen any foreign tourists in Nha Trang yet but there are some domestic tourists.I’ve a few friends coming back in a couple of weeks . One went to Nepal for 10 days 27 months ago and has been stuck there ever since . The other went to the UK to re rent his property and has been stuck there for about 28 months . His baby daughter was 10 months old when he left . Opening slowly, we are desperate for tourists but I can’t see it getting back to normal this year .
Located on the most beautiful beach on Koh Samui. Crystal Bay Resort is the ideal beach resort for you tropical getaway.
so loved all your videos so many plaves tio see or drink at not sure to come over in march or later wuold like somedeas from guys in here we are im our late 60s but still like to parys ok
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March is lovely, calm seas, lots of sun :)
Your videos made me travel to Koh Samui and glad to be at this absolute gem beach when you shared this video!
Wonderful! Enjoy :)
Have stayed on Chaweng Noi twice now, far more relaxing than Chaweng beach and only a short walk from all the action.
Hey STL. Just wanted to say thank you for your videos of the islands in Thailand. Because of your video with Benjamin's a couple years back, the gf and I decided to go to Thailand. Well, we finally arrived on Koh Samui yesterday. We would have never have known to come here if it wasn't for your video that started us down the rabbit hole. If you're still in Samui we would love to buy you a beer or cocktail to say thank you. We're here until April 19th. Best wishes to you and if you want a free beer and a heartfelt thank you, feel free to let me know. Cheers.
Thanks for the kind comment and invite guys. However, I'm on the move again but nevermind, just enjoy the Islands, that's reward enough;)
Hi love your videos I’m in Phuket now and want to travel to lamai Koh Samui I was just wondering were you stayed thanks
Thanks David. I stayed here on that leg of the trip: th-cam.com/video/-DB7SB-BpJM/w-d-xo.html
Vidéo très bien réalisée permettant de se situer parfaitement, koh Samui a beaucoup changé par rapport à 1996 mais toujours aussi merveilleux, je revistiterai prochainement ce paradis, tous ceux qui l'ont connu conviendront avec moi ❤❤❤❤❤🇹🇭
Merci Beaucoup:)
Hey STL, we got deleted somehow but we're back and support your channel 100%! Keep them rolling in please! Update, coming May 24th to BKK !
@Happy Wealthy Much appreciated! May is just a few weeks away, giddyup!
Really enjoy your Vids. curious what gear u use? Your link just goes to a random Amazon page.. more specifically what is used when on your motorbike and mic? Quality is awesome. Keep living that life.. also would be curious (roughly) your monthly budget for these side trips 😀
Thanks. My main camera is this now 2 year old Phone: th-cam.com/video/AxZojlP1nSs/w-d-xo.html
For the bike I use a cheapo Go 2 action cam. I don't have mics, just use the builtin sound. For editing I switched from a 15" MacbookPro 16 GB, to a 13" Macbook Air M1 which is twice as fast and super light. Budget: I normally stay in places under or close to 1000 baht/$30 and spend around 500 baht/$15 day. I sometimes bump that up a bit so just call it 1500-2000 Baht/ $50-$60 day or $1500-$2000 month. Everyone's budget will vary of course but that's mine & hope it helps. STL
Another nice one STL ... WITHOUT GOOGLING, does anyone know WHERE the ELECTRICITY and fresh WATER comes from for KOH SAMUI, KOH PHANGAN and KOH TAO??? ... It's a question I've always wondered but I've never googled it myself ... PS. LEO beer just called and they want to know "what's the deal" (very Seinfeld) with the San Miguel? (-:
Okay so I know the answer as I was on KPG during an undersea power cable cut. Plenty of water locally during wet season, also stored locally but when (not if) many moo baan's run out, you call the rot-baan-took-naam/ water truck. SM Lite is a super refreshing beer and goes down great. Leo is also good but overall, SM lite for STL As for Seinfeld, last word goes to big Stein: th-cam.com/video/k8eVsWCLlyY/w-d-xo.html
@@SideTripLife Ha ha. The Mystery finally solved (-: Thanks STL ... I never tire of Seinfeld. Always hilarious no matter how many times I see each episode.
is the water clear?
We like how you put your videos together, but you are the only vlogger we follow ( of the 5 in Thailand) , that we have no idea what he looks like..
Thanks for watching and commenting. Actually, I have appeared briefly in a few but my vids are about the places I visit and what's in front of the camera, also, I'm not into self fame etc. My neighbour is a well known youtuber and has no idea I also do youtube (and I like that;)
Secret Garden looks rad. Any thoughts after the fact? What would you change about that stay next time?
Love Secret Garden! Also stayed at Merlin (their budget bungalows across rd from beach, quite alright too). Plus stayed at Samui Pier Resort, also right on beach next to pier ferry to Phangan, very good as well. Might also spoil myself a bit for a night or two at Prana next time, then walk to Noi Friendly for cheap eats and finish off at Chi for drinks. I could go on... lol. Enjoy! STL
Wow the second beach is more our style so nice. Do you have a origin Vlog, how and why you are in Thailand? Anyway counting the days till we return to SE Asia.
Agree, the quiet second beach is a real gem. Origin? I worked at a H.O. in Vancouver and made the 'mistake' of coming to visit SE Asia after my Father headed an engineering project here. I always wanted to have my own biz and following a trip thru Thailand decided to take the plunge. I've had a few modestly successful biz here since (luckily) and sold my last one prior to Rona. Starting a new venture soon, stay tuned. I really enjoy your guys 'For Riel' Cambodia channel and seems you have projects on the go also. Wish you both the best with your new adventures, me too! STL
@@SideTripLife Thanks, very interesting story. We do have a few things on the go and hopefully back traveling again soon.
How much roughly to buy a 3 bed house there?
And is it an easy process?
Great video
Hi Ed, best search FB Marketplace/Housing to see. But FIRST, recommend BEFORE making any decisions, come visit for at LEAST 3-6 months to see if the area/lifestyle really suits and ask as many local Expats as possible about their advice buying/leasing a home. Cheers, STL ps: also google 'buying a home in Thailand as a foreigner' where you should get more info (ie: cannot own the land unless investing 40 mil baht etc etc)
Hey ' in the end off movie , you se falang oppen streat lamp ! Thats me 😅 i follow you long time ..... But i not know you face , so i miss . i sitt ewery ewening there 🖐️🖐️ Se y 🖐️
So that was you! I remember we had a brief chat, nice to meet you (and thanks for turning on the light;)
We have a live webcam at Crystal Bay
21:10
But the big question is.....who turns the lights back off? 🤔
Ahhh haaaa.... lol! Funnily enough, the nice chap who turned the lights on actually made a comment here. Perhaps he'll see this and enlighten us ;)
hi from Türkiye 🇹🇷 🤟
Hey 👋 is it a safe time for a chic to do some solo travel of Thailand ?
Sure, just use common sense like anywhere. Have met solo female travellers here, especially on Koh Phangan. Recommend you join FB Group ''Koh Phangan Conscious Community' and post a query about their solo travel experiences.
I dont think Thailand will be like Singapore even anytime soon. Singapore is really clean and high standard of living to be honest. Nice bike ride walk through tho!
Ironically, if/when Thailand eventually does raise standards to match expectations, of course prices will have to rise too and many of the complainers will then be priced out of Thailand. Then they'll be off to live/visit and endlessly complain in the next 'sub-standard' but cheaper country lol.
@@SideTripLife I’m going to Thailand for first time in a couple weeks, I’ve always heard good things about Singapore can you explain why you see it becoming like Singapore soon?
Love Singapore! Just the cost is very high plus many rules and regulations etc. Of course the trade off is higher standards, top infrastructure etc etc.
Nice one mate……. RobbieLondon
WHAT YOU RECOMMEND TRAVELLING AROUND KOH SAMUI AS I HEARD TAXI IS CERY EXPENSIVE( NO RENTAL)
Try the public Songthaews which ply the coastal route (usually red, like a pickup with covered seats in the back).
Thanks! How much the cost and where to take it?
Have grab or bolt in koh samui?
How do you remember which motorbike is yours? Lol
Lol. Actually, often forget to remove the key but fortunately this is Thailand so chances are no one is going to nick your bike (unlike in the West;)
you say enjoy thailand 🇹🇭 cause soon ot be like Singapore 🇸🇬
Then you give a 250 % tip for gas ! 👍😂
Hi Olle. Good point thanks. However, this was still prior to tourism being fully reopened and those girls had zero customers so thought I'd give a tip. Once all the tourists return I'll be back to bargaining, I promise ;) STL
@@SideTripLife I understand! Good heart! Take care ! 👍
R U kidding me? 100B tip for 40B gas? !!! Wait, do people even tip at gas stations? 100 B is like 1 hour massage in some places in Bangkok.
Enjoy the rest of the clip though
Lol. I do get that tho, back home of course you don't tip at a gas station. But in this case the gas/massage place had zero customers that day so I tipped on a whim. Also the guy at the next beach had no customers and I also tipped him. Also a few more random off camera tips. Biz is still hit n miss around the Island so I'm a bit more generous if I see a place struggling. But in other areas where it's busier (like Fisherman's Village or Bangrak) I just tip normally after a meal etc. However, once it's busier everywhere again, I'll be bargaining once again for rides, at shops etc like before (but still tipping extra for great food/service etc;) Cheers
The video was ok, but then I saw that so called hamburger... Is it cheese on top of the bread? Disbusting! And how to eat it? Not with your hands for sure...
...any burger, with hands preferably while listening to Cheeseburger In Paradise by Jimmy Buffet lol. Edit to add: that was a 'Swiss' burger avec Fromage à raclette apparently (their regular burgers are 'normal'/cheese inside;)
Too many farang. 😠
How else will Koh Samui survive you absolute muppet.
A lot of the businesses are on their knees or have closed and you come out with a pathetic statement like that!!
Another complete FOMO video. We expect nothing less......jealous much!