Twenty years, with its broad alabaster beaches, rocky headlands, limestone cliffs, forested hills and offshore coral islands, Phuket was a world-class resort waiting to happen. And in a mere two decades, it has... more detail

Although virtually every beach along the coast of the 247-square-kilometre island has a resort village, Ko Samui’s main beaches are still Chaweng and Lamai. Of the 250 bungalow resorts, a third are concentrated on Chaweng, the island’s longest beach. A few A-frame beach huts are clustered at the north end of Chaweng, Chang to concrete bungalows near the central beach.... more detail