Lost in Phuket to Fisherman Island Koh Samui - How to Reach Koh Samui in Thailand How to travel Thailand's best kept secrets & 7-10 days Itinerary. Explore offbeat Koh Samui islands.

Superlatives come quickly to mind when talking about Koh Samui. But most visitors to this island in the Gulf of Thailand simply call it "Heaven on Earth." The first tourists arrived on Samui in ...

I needed it. Plunging valleys and roaring waterfalls cleave the thick emerald jungle jacketing Koh Samui, an island in the Gulf of Thailand between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer.

It's in the colorful songthaews, the pickup trucks turned public shuttles that whisk people to every secret corner of the island. By definition, travelers come and go. But Koh Samui is eternal.