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Encountered the stunningly beautiful fine white sandy glass sea at Koh Samet

Fine white sand, glass sea, truly amazing, loved it. Having been to Phuket (multiple times), Krabi, Phi Phi Islands, Pattaya, Maldives, Seychelles (ranked 1st and 3rd in the world for beaches), Bali in Indonesia, Sabah in Malaysia, Okinawa in Japan, Hamilton Island in Australia, Bornholm Island in the Baltic Sea, Langkawi in Malaysia, the east coast of South Korea... If comparing in terms of convenience of transportation, cost-performance ratio, sand, sea water, and food, overall, I give Koh Samet the highest score. Rented a motorcycle on Koh Samet and rode all over the island. The beaches on the east side of the island are all beautiful, with white and fine sand, and very clear glass sea water. The sand at Diamond Beach is the finest and whitest, very powdery and cotton-like. Diamond Beach is lively with the main street here, and there are many choices for hotels, restaurants, convenience stores, massages, etc. Ao Wai Beach wins for being less crowded and tranquil, the water is beautiful, and the sand is very white and fine, slightly less so than Diamond Beach, but negligible. I snorkeled here, it was average, not many fish. Ao Wai is more remote, so there are few restaurant choices here, and you have to go to Diamond Beach to shop. I also went to the viewpoint at the southernmost tip of the island, where you can see both the sunset and sunrise. However, there are no other restaurants nearby except for a Paradise Hotel, so you can only enjoy the scenery, it's really too remote, and it takes more than 20 minutes to ride a motorcycle to Diamond Beach. We went to Ao Phrao Beach on the west side of the island for sunset dinner, the sand didn't look white, it was coarser, with many pebbles. But the sunset here is great, and it's the only beach on the island with good restaurants for watching the sunset. So a good plan seems to be to stay at Diamond Beach, idle away an afternoon at Ao Wai, have a sunset dinner at Ao Phrao, and watch a sunrise or sunset at the southernmost point. Overall, there are not many hotel choices on Koh Samet. Apart from the Paradise Hotel which is nice but very remote, the best you can get is four stars, but that's enough for a holiday feel. Compared to a very mature, fully competitive place like Phuket, there are fewer hotel choices here and the same standard is more expensive. Everything else is not expensive, and massages are even cheaper here.
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Posted: Jun 18, 2024
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