Koh Lan (Pattaya) or Lan Island(Pattaya) in Chonburi Privince.

Wonderful island in the gulf of Thailand


credit pics from He knows Thailand

Koh Lan (Pattaya) 

Koh Larn is a wonderful little island in the Gulf of Thailand. Koh Larn is located about 7km off the coast of Pattaya Beach of which is about a two hour drive south of Bangkok. The Island is about 4km long and  2km wide and at it is about 180 meters high at the highest point. The terrain is mostly mountainous which is covered in most part with heavy vegetation. Infrastructure is mainly narrow roadways covered with brick pavers. Some of the roadways are very steep and only wide enough for two motorbikes to pass by each other, but most roads are suitable for regular traffic.

There are many resorts on the island of Koh Larn, they range from budget rooms to luxury accommodations. While room rates are a little higher on the island than in Pattaya or Jomtien it is well worth the experience of spending the night on the island of Koh Larn. Some people end up liking Koh Larn so much they end up staying there for extended periods like months and years. If you are planning a few days stay, may I suggest calling  ahead for reservations especially during peak season, holidays and weekends, you can find descriptions and contact information on my resorts page. Bear in mind my resorts page is not ordered in any particular way and I do not receive any compensation from them

Located:
Pattaya,Thailand

How to contact:
https://www.facebook.com/KohLan
http://www.tourismthailand.org/Pattaya
http://kohlarn.com/

How to go:start from Bangkok-Koh Lan Pier or Lambaleehai

1.by public car:take off bus of Rungruang Tour terminal in North Pattaya.You can choose mini bus(just 20 +10-20baht/round but you ought to get off at Koh lan pier or Thai call Lam Ba lee Hai).It is easy to go there.I am garuntee 100 %

2.by private car:From Sukhumvit Road, Go straight through  North-Center-South Pattaya. Found South intersection and turn on banner ,Next it is easy to see Big C the department store.

How to go:start from Koh Lan Pier or Lambaleehai-Koh Lan

You can get to Koh Larn by ferry or speed boat

There are many ways to get to Koh Larn. The easiest way is by speed boat, all along Beach Road you will find speed boat operators. Cost of speed boat to the Island is between 1500baht and 2500baht and up for a group of people. The other way is the Koh Larn ferry, cost is 30baht per person, each way.

There are 2 pier to support tourist

Schedule of  ferry in Koh Lan

Lambaleehai pier-Naban pier
departure/7.00 a.m. 10.00 a.m. 2.00 p.m. 3.30p.m. 5.00 p.m. 6.30 p.m.
Naban pier-Lambaleehai pier
departure/6.30 a.m. 7.30 a.m. 9.30 a.m. 12.00 a.m. 5.00 p.m. 6.00 p.m.

Lambaleehai pier-Tawaan pier
departure/8.00 a.m. 9.00 a.m. 11.00 a.m. 01.00 pm.
Tawaan pier-Lambaleehai pier
departure/01.00 p.m. 02.00 p.m. 03.00 p.m. 04.00 p.m.

How much ticket:
30 baht/round

Map of art in paradise pattaya



credit pics from He knows Thailand

Advantages:

It is not far from Bangkok

Disdvantages:

high cost for all evertying

Nearest Interesting Place:

 1.Pattaya Floating Market
2.Mimosa Pattaya
3.Central Festival Pattaya Beach
4.Ripley's Believe It or Not!   
5.Tiffany Show
6.Alcazar
7.walking street



HUA-HIN (2 Day and 1 Night)

Introducing Hua-hin:

Hua Hin is Thailand's oldest beach town resort. Situated on the west coast of the Gulf of Thailand and only 200 kilometers from the capital, Bangkok, it offers the ultimate getaway destination for the city's elite. Hua Hin became popular with the Royal Family following the construction of the southern railway in the 1920's, travel became more accessible and a demand for luxury resorts and hotels grew. The first of these was the Railway Hotel which is now the Sofitel Central.

How to go there?

There are many way how to go Huahin :
-by train 4-5 hrs.
-by private car 2.30 hrs
-by bus 3-4 hrs.
-by van or Rottoo 2.30 hrs.

My experience:Lol!!!
 The first day.

 This day I and my sister have planing to go Koh Samui by train but we are failed for this trip because we are not ticket.We sit on Hualumpong station for along time while we felt humorous trip.So we are forget to reserve ticket.
Thus we are go to Hua hin instead.Because it is not far from Bangkok.This trip we choose arrving by van which is get on the Century Plaza building near the victory monument start 05.00 am.-08.00 pm.Ticket price 150-180 baht/trip because there are many van company this area.Let's go Huahin...........follow me!!!!!!!!!
They are arriving there near night,they are walk in to hotel or guesthouse that is not expensive from 350-1200 baht/night.We are not planning travel Huahin and we are found raining.We choose a small guesthouse near Chaitale seafood and SapanPla.
Actually,they can walking to good place and cheaper more this our guesthouse.We have a dine at Taladtorung and walking to shopping to midnight.In addition,we are back our guest house.

 The second Day.
We are rent a motorcycle(250/Day) for sight-seeing on Huahin.We are enjoy to journey:
Huahin train station
Plernwan
Huahin beach
We are short time to travel.We still remember Huahin to present.Yipppee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finish trip we come back bangkok  by van or Rottoo.


Advantages:
1.It is not far from Bangkok.
2.There are much good place for travel.

Disadvantages:

1.If it is weekend or vacation,they found a lot of people in Hua-hin.So a line of road traffic at or near a standstill because of road construction, an accident, or heavy congestion.