Tag: Koh Phangan
Direct Koh Phangan-Surat Thai Ferry Service Restarts After Decade+ Hiatus
For more than a decade, Koh Phangan has had no direct link to the mainland. That ended Thursday. Seatran Ferry, which twice ran aground this...
Gov’t Covid-19 Hypocrisy Reaches New Heights by Allowing 10,000-Strong Full Moon Party
More than 10,000 maskless Thais and foreign partied like it was 2019 at the first full-blown Full Moon Party since before the coronavirus pandemic,...
Thailand to Try Again to Drop Phuket ‘Sandbox’ Stay Requirement to 7 Days
Tourism officials again are trying to spring Phuket ‘sandbox’ tourists trapped on the island for two weeks after just seven days. The Tourism Authority of...
European Divers Threatened with Deportation After Manhandling Koh Phangan Sealife
Two European scuba divers who certainly knew better were threatened with deportation and fined heavily after handling and prodding marine life on a protected...