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Jungle covered craggy hills, roads weaving through lush coconut plantations, huge tropical trees, butterflies, quiet beaches, fresh local fruit – Samui is the place to kick back, recharge in spas or health resorts, lounge around your pool, take long beach walks, sip a cocktail or three in a rustic beach bar and of course sparkle on the balmy evening party circuit.
Samui is Thailand’s third largest island located in the Gulf of Siam, Southern Thailand, close to a constellation of smaller mostly uninhabited picture postcard islands forming the Angthong Maritime National Park. Settled by Chinese and Malay fishermen in the 17th century there was no significant contact with the Thai mainland until the late1940′s. The backpacker generation opened Samui to the world in the 1970′s putting it on course to become the fastest growing tourist destination in Thailand and spa capital of the region. With a resident population of 50,000 and an area of 228 sq km Samui is considerably smaller than Phuket 570 sq km or Singapore 699 sq km.
Samui is a rapidly growing gay holiday destination especially for romantic couples. Gay life on Samui is a relaxing, quieter, fun contrast to the exuberant gay life of Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket. But a gay Samui holiday can be many things and while Samui has a bit of a reputation as a party destination most gay guys come here to kick back and relax. Some enjoy taking a Thai cooking class at Samui Institute of Thai Culinary Arts, if reading is your thing Bookazine have stores around Chaweng. Many guys come for excellent, inexpensive dental and non invasive laser skin treatments, Botox, even a quick face lift. Pool/beach lounging is clearly an option but why not pack a picnic and head off around rural south Samui for deserted beaches, coconut groves, inland and coastal villages, virgin tropical forest.
The south and west of the island are enchanting places to spend a day sightseeing. Take a road map, bottled water, be adventurous, get off the main roads and see what you discover. Here the island is still sparsely populated, has quiet village life, good roads, lush tropical jungle, coconut plantations, grazing water buffalo, and small beaches you can call your own. Gay men will just love seeing Thai guys stripped off and working along the way. If you prefer to not picnic, small road and beach side restaurants are all over the island.
The center of gay day/night life on Samui is Chaweng. There is a small ‘commercial’ (rent boy) aspect but most gay Thai men on Samui hold down regular jobs in a wide variety of hospitality businesses, many are doctors, lawyers, veterinarians, own or manage businesses. Most gay businesses hang off the 3-4 kilometre long Chaweng Beach Road so taking this road from the north end opposite the Nora Beach Resort is the Emerald Green Mens Club, Samui’s leading gay business for imaginative, quality massage and herbal body treatments. Further down the road in the main part of town, behind Starbucks is K Club one of the first gay bars on Samui, a small open front bar with take away staff. In south Chaweng is Boy Zone bar at the end of a soi opposite the Centara Grand Beach Resort. This is a small, smart bar with a gay/mixed crowd and a show at 11.30 PM. In the same soi is a small massage business Tropical Fah Samui offering massage for girls, boys and transgendered customers.
Samui has a Cabaret obsession with two such clubs featuring Thai ladyboy and gay lip-synch performers. Starz Cabaret above the entrance to Khun Chaweng Resort pumps out a classy high energy show every night. Close by is Christy’s the original Samui cabaret show in tow. Both shows kick in about 9.30 nightly with bar service and free entry. If dancing, drinking and cruising is your number, remember Samui is a late hour party town. From midnight Thai and Farang gays head to Green Mango and Sweet Soul in central Chaweng where both free entry venues offer up a diet of very loud music, no frills bar service and fun for mixed crowds until 3 am.