Beach Holidays

[minusplus]

This section quiet also. How come nobody discussing about beaches here?

I think beaches make excellent holiday venues. Absolutely relaxing and you get to lay back and forget about the bustling city life that we're all so accustomed to...

Some of my favorite beach venues include:

Koh Samui. Been there a few times mostly hang around at Chaweng or Lamai beaches. IMO, beach wise, this is better than phuket. But phuket has got a more interesting night life... The sand is white and fine. The water is clear and you can literally see fish swimming pass your legs when you immerse your feet into the seawater... Recommended resorts are Briza, Santiburi and Chaweng Regent.

Phuket. Been there many times. Phuket is the largest island in Thailand. All this time, stayed mostly in Patong area except once when stayed at Banyan Tree at Bang Tao Bay. Night life is extremely interesting and there're plenty of discos and ah go gos. haha. Recommended resorts are Novotel, Banyan Tree (best for short honeymoon or romance ) and Amanpuri. Oh Ya, pls try out the award winning Thai restaurant Ba Rim Pa near the end of Patong beach also. The food is superb and the ambience is unbeatable

Maldives. Been there only once after marriage. Stayed at Club Med. Beach is awesome and you feel like you're in another world. Perfect waters for diving and underwater adventures. One of the most ideal short honeymoon locations. But mind you, things are quite expensive there and I spent close to $15K for a short 7D trip...

The rest who have interesting beaches or stories to tell, pls add on to this thread

[elyjacob]

hmmm i'm going to langkawi this june... with a family of five and after spending on 2 rolex watches in a week, this is the furthest i can go this year...

bought air tickets already for 2-6 June but not decided on hotel yet... any recommendations guys?

[pet]

hmmm i'm going to langkawi this june... with a family of five and after spending on 2 rolex watches in a week, this is the furthest i can go this year...

bought air tickets already for 2-6 June but not decided on hotel yet... any recommendations guys?

i stay at sheraton perdana ( now call westin ) and langkawi lagoon resort b4.

Sheraton Perdana ( Westin )
beach.. no good....sg ECP also nicer
Buffet Breakfast
Near Town
various swimming pools


Langkawi Lagoon
Quite near airport
Beach .. no good.. cos it's within huge breakwater .
Buffet breakfast, not as good as the abv.
Swimming pool, small
but.. we got a room with kitchenette, which is good ( cos can cook something for my kids )

beer cheap. abt rm$2 ( from super market ).
Cigee, also cheap ( abt rm$4 ).

was thinking of going there again .. if go, will try berjaya.

[minusplus]

i stay at sheraton perdana ( now call westin ) and langkawi lagoon resort b4.

Sheraton Perdana ( Westin )
beach.. no good....sg ECP also nicer
Buffet Breakfast
Near Town
various swimming pools


Langkawi Lagoon
Quite near airport
Beach .. no good.. cos it's within huge breakwater .
Buffet breakfast, not as good as the abv.
Swimming pool, small
but.. we got a room with kitchenette, which is good ( cos can cook something for my kids )

beer cheap. abt rm$2 ( from super market ).
Cigee, also cheap ( abt rm$4 ).

was thinking of going there again .. if go, will try berjaya.

Berjaya is good. So far have heard v good comments about the rooms

[Darkangel]

Phuket. Been there many times. Phuket is the largest island in Thailand. All this time, stayed mostly in Patong area except once when stayed at Banyan Tree at Bang Tao Bay. Night life is extremely interesting and there're plenty of discos and ah go gos. haha. Recommended resorts are Novotel, Banyan Tree (best for short honeymoon or romance ) and Amanpuri. Oh Ya, pls try out the award winning Thai restaurant Ba Rim Pa near the end of Patong beach also. The food is superb and the ambience is unbeatable

Oh I was there like in 2002...long time ago sia...nice place. Pretty nice beach...though I dunno where exactly I stayed haha. Went Jet skiing there.it was man....

[minusplus]

Jet Ski? I like also... It's about 1000B = $40 for about 30min of rental of the jet ski. Shiok. Can go as far out as you like... Haha

[seiko.citizen]

jet skiing eh? sounds like fun. I drove one when I was 10 but only allowed very slow speeds

[triton]

@ one stage, within a span of 6 months, i went to langkawi 4 times for diving. rented a car and drove around the island when not diving. diving there not exactly fantastic but mai hiam lah.

places i have dived before

1) redang
2) langkawi
3) pulau cebu
4) pulau perhentian
5) manado
6) pulau aur
7) sipadan
8) great barrier reef
9) where else......

places i want to go.

1) adaman sea
2) florida keys
3) maldives
4) palau

[minusplus]

Interesting... I've heard great stories about redang and sipadan also. Hope to have time to visit them soon

[vandyk]

Koh Phangan: If you happen to be in Koh Samui, why not take the ferry down to Koh Phangan too for the monthly full moon and black moon party. I have only been to the full moon party, fantastic party all nite long (8pm-6am). Oh yes, if its possible, leave the "COs" out of the trip. Haha.

Malapasuca: Nice beach resort north of Cebu. Can take budget airline, Cebu Pacific from T3, follow by a 2hrs road transfer and lastly ferry to island. I went there 1 day after Typhoon Durian swept passed the island. The usual watersports, scuba diving or nua on the beach. The island have good italian restaurant too.

Sipadan: Nice place to dive if you like walls. I stayed at Mabul during my trip. Can try Sipadan water village or SMART, quite cool and resort is built above water. Kapalai is also built above a shallow reef. Can probably leave Seaventure, built on a rusty old oil rig, quite an eye sore to me. Haha.

Redang: Nice place too except for the siren to alert snorkelers, stayed at Redang Beach resort. Simple and affordable place. 5mins walk to the "xia ri mo mo cha" movie set.

If you just want to have a simple beach resort to chill. Can also explore places like Pulau Tinggi/Besar/Sibu. Can just drive up to Tanjung Lemah then arrange for ferry for the island if i'm not wrong. Affordable place so cannot expect world class services and facilities.

[cmsoh]

A bit further off, but this May/June, heading down to Surfer's Paradise at Gold Coast. Nice beach there.

But since its the middle of winter ... not really going to be swimming lar. Just hang out near the beach, and bring the kids to all the theme parks.

[jazz_samz]

Koh Samui is pretty commercial now.. beach not very fantastic...

My wife and me went to Hua Hin 4yrs back...... Aleentha (if I got the spelling correct).. it was beautiful... Back then, there was absolutely uncommecialised... I stayed at the Penthouse where DAVID BECKHAM & Posh stayed and they flew in by chopper... Nobody knew he was there except the hotel staff.. It was so discrete that his team went abt Asia to scout for a place for him to relax B4 his move to SPAIN RM.
We did nothing but unwind, eat, sleep, relax, read and enjoyed time together as a married couple for our honeymoon immediately after our banquet (like 3days after) before going to Prague.

[louisoh]

Wow.. muz have been fun..

[jazz_samz]

eh... Relaxing more than FUN.. heheheh..

[pet]

for relax & fun, beach resort good loh...

relax, laze ard beach/ pool.
fun, water sport, including fishing
exercise, nite time ... romantic, bang bang until leg soft...hahhahaa

but hor we all married man leow, not so ON, only louis nia ... hahahhaha ... sure very ON ....