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Located in the southern siamese Gulf of Thailand Phangan is sister island to the World renowned tourist destination of Koh Samui that attracts in excess of 1.5 million holiday seekers every year. The place is approximately 2.5 hours from Surat Thani Province and about forty five min. from Koh Samui Island by ferry. Most people prefer to search the Net in order to get information about Phangan and local accommodation. A resourceful site to book accommodation on the island, is www.PhanganIsland.com On Koh Phangan many different things to make you busy. Once it's late Koh Phangan offers a interesting nightlife, ranging from thaistyle Ladybars, Pubs to normal Clubs and bigger Night Clubs. Surrounded by crystal clear waters, Koh Panghanevolved in the last years to a scuba diverstop destination in South Thailand. Fullmoon started with a not many backpackersdancing at Haad Rin more than 20 years ago. They had a beach party in the brightly moonlight and more a more people turned up every month. Today there are about 7000-15000 hippies who are participating and dancing to techno, hardcore, and other music tunes.Skilled DJ's playing the music from the clubs at Haad Rin East Side and from the the town. On Kho Phangan visitors can see typical picture-postcard views of coconut palms , bright blue bays and amazing sunrises. Weatherin the Kingdom of Thailandis highly tropic, hot and humid. Often season are influenced by monsoons that make three distinguishable weatherseasons in southern Thailandand two distinguishable seasons in Southern Thailand. Monsoon in the southern areas occurs approx May to Oct is warm and cloudy, whereas in the northeast monsoon in November to Mar is bone-dry and comparatively low temperature. In recent times, Phangan developed into a popular holiday destination and visitors from every area of the earth to enjoy the place. If you want a modern styled hotel for your holdiay on the island, I would advise you to check out SeeThrough Resort . Koh Panghanused to be the backpackersdestination, today a 'wider range' of visitors come to the island here.Everybody want to find a laid back and easy going place. You can use the concrete roads to HadRin, but you have been warned that the roads are not in the best state and only if consider yourself a confident motorcycle driver then don't try to get to HaadRin, as nearly all accidents involving scooters happen in this area. Our advice is to leave your scooter at the 7/11 at BanTai and pay about 40 Baht for a taxi over the hills to HaadRin. Accommodation on Koh Phangan has large choice of rooms, with wooden bungalowsnear the hillside to luxury air-con fully serviced bungalowswith hot water, satellite TV and dining lounge area. You can find a good overview of all kinds of accommodation on the island on www.PhanganBungalows.com. As a popular paradise island next to Koh Samui, Phangan is popular from all the stress at home, where one may enjoy deserted beachesand enjoy the under water world of Phangan and learning to divenearby the small island of Koh Ma. If enjoing tropical nature, taking a yoga class is your sort of holiday activity, this island is the perfect location. If you want to meeting people from the whole world and enjoing one of the frequent parties, Koh Phangan is the place to be, as well.