A special subsection for the peninsula Hadrin (or also Haad Rin) is available too. The material available right now (already uploaded) is enough to make the needed planning for the trip to come.
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The head sections are then subdivided to the respective Beaches or the places at that beach.  Each Resort has its own side. With all available information to the Resort's, the prices, pictures, address and the possibilities on that particular beach.  Resorts can booked over my site, via e-banking including, payment, confirmation and pick up service.  The database of 130 resorts are available from my partner page www.phanganbungalow.com's database, for direct booking all over the island. go to the booking direct button. We have the largest database over the whole island and there are coming everyday new ones, who want to join us!

For "newbies": I guess you never been on the island or even never in Thailand or Asia.  But it is nowadays, generally no problem to do this trip, formerly an adventure journey. To manage the trip and book independently, or together, it is very easy in any case.  For women alone, it is just the way as it should be everywhere.  "how to go to Ko Phangan"

Preparation for the trip:  Purchase a ticket to BKK (Bangkok) and I would book another flight with Air Bangkok to Ko Samui. 

A cheaper way, is with a flight by Thai Airways to Suratthani and there by bus and boat (300 Baht = 6 €) to Thongsala (main village and arrival place) on Koh Phangan (Pha Ngan). 

Much cheaper way: Take the train or the bus from BKK. You can buy everywhere so called "Joint-Ticket's" either Train/Bus/Boat (via Suratthani 84280, Dosnsak Pier) or Bus/Boat (via Chumphon and Ko Tao) they are sold by company's like Songserm, Lomprayah and Seatran Discovery. Easy to get it at Kaosan Road, where all departure are as well. ADVICE: be carefull in those buses, we learned a lot about thiefs accompaining those buses too (mostlu probably the own staff).

With the train, 2nd class sleeper is fully convenient, better with AC same class, or the more expensive but hi lux drive in a 1st class "apartment" wagon , convenient when a lot of stuff to carry, like shopping time in BKK, or the adequate budget. In Bangkok on the railway main station "Hualalumphong" you can take a shower and make you fresh, for as little then 10 Baht, in clean environment. Very cool when coming from the north or east and taking the evening train to the south.

And the cheapest way is the Government 999 Bus (from Southern Bus Terminal) this is the Thai way, Suratthani, Donsak, Raja Ferry, Thongsala Ko Phangan. Time requested = 14 hour (for all the way)

The easiest way is to purchase a "Joint Ticket" anyway, via Chumphon or Suratthani.

Airport Ko Samui:  arrived on the airport, all is well organized.  Buy yourself a ticket at the Desk with the nice young ladies in uniform of the airline, (next to the conveyer belt of the arriving baggage), a ticket to your planed destination, (Nathon, head place of the island) or for Big Buddha, Bophut or Meanam and new to the new constructed hugde Bang Rak Pier (Seatran and Phangan Express) pier, according to the arrival of the airplane in Samui and the departure place of your boat. Just mention that you want to go to Ko Phangan. They will send you to the appropriate mini van just outside the hall.   Usually they bring you to the next embarking boat resp. that pier.

All day long you can catch flight's to samui. First and last flight are cheaper! The boats are lesser underway.  From Samui, boat's are heading to hadrin, ban tai and thongsala. There ar many different price classes to fly!! Time table here!

An express boat goes from Meanam directly to Tong Nai Pan (east coast), which leads from Thongsala only over a long and sometimes (in the rainy season) uncomfortable street through the however worthwhile jungle and over the mountains.  The arrival to the Tong Nai Pan Bay is spectacular and by sunny and beautiful weather it is worthwhile to do the trip on the bridge and benches on a songtaew rather then a closed mini van. You can feel it more ;-).  

Bottle Beach is still only by boat accessible. Starting in Chaloklum.  On the other hand the Bay and village is car free.  All other Beach's can be accessed by any taxi or bike. Such as, Had Yao, Had Chaopao, Had Salad or Bantai, Bankai and Hadrin. At every arrival, taxis to fixed prices are ready at the respective pier.  With large boards and sign's, No one gets lost.

Therefore in Thailand, the traveling is and was never a problem.  You are important, YOU bring money, also if you only look for a cheap resort, and everythin goes with a smile. Even the smile is not what it seems to be ;-)

Now have fun and enjoying planning your trip, or need to know more?

cheers, ham 2009