December 05, 2019
Oh deer, Christmas is here! We could go for days with terrible Christmas puns – 'tis the sea-sun – but we'll do our best to stick to the script: how to deck the halls for a tropical Christmas? From Santa Baby swimsuits to palm tree Christmas lights – below you'll find 30 ways to pack Christmas in your suitcase and head somewhere hot. (How about Koh Samui? We have an irrepressible bias...). Enjoy!
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November 27, 2019
From Northern Thai cooking to Bangkok's Chinatown to organised crime and graphic novels, these brand new releases are the latest in Thailand travel guidebooks, cookbooks, novels and non-fiction. As well, Lonely Planet is updating their entire Thailand guidebook catalogue this month. Here's what's new...
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November 20, 2019
Since launching The Koh Samui Guide’s seventh edition, we’ve often woken up to some wonderful emails from our readers. Proving that Denmark truly trades in happiness – the following note from our new best friend Claus was a total highlight: "[L]ove all the new pics, best section is food and what to bring (already bought the mosquito repellent) and more or less section 4 and 5. Cool with some language. The BKK-USM and what to do to make it easier is priceless."
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November 12, 2019
As anyone with a nanny cam will understand – you want to know what your ‘baby’ gets up to. Our baby? Since 2012, it’s been racking up some miles, quite literally zipping from Andorra to Papua New Guinea to the UAE. Out of pure fascination, we occasionally look at where The Koh Samui Guide has been downloaded. Considering we’ve never advertised and put our product on the internet “just to see” – the global interest seven editions later is astonishing.
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April 20, 2019
Beach books? We'd rather they're set in Thailand. Thai cookbooks? Better if the author learned to walk and talk in Bangkok, right? And a totally updated 2019 travel guide for Thailand, too. As we head towards summer travel season – here are 5 hot-off-the-press books to enjoy this month.
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April 18, 2019
We have no shame – we'll set the scene. A recent email took us from sitting like zombies in front of a computer ... to dancing, screeching and even high-fiving the dog. If you picture tweens at a One Direction concert, you're on the right track. (Is that a current reference? Are we old?) It was a totally out-of-the-blue, unsolicited email from a customer of The Koh Samui Guide. Here's what she had to say...
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