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News, Views, Information and Opinion.

Lost Dog

This message is from Babs, a friend of ours who has lost her dog (pictured left). She will be very happy if anyone has any infomation.

Dear Animal Friends, On  July 1st late afternoon, early evening my dog got stolen!
He was, like every other day, in front of our shop in Klong Prao.His name is: AMON
Breed:          SIBERIAN HUSKY
color:            black/grey/white
sex:              male
eye color:      light blue, almost white
Marks:          Tattoo in his left ear
age:              9 years (no dog years)

Amon is a very quiet dog, never barks and mostly just sleeps here or there. He is friendly to everyone also to kids, no problem with cats or other dogs. When it is not for food he does not listen to his name. With food he do almost everything, like give hand, lay down, sit and so on.. . He do not like to be on a leash or in closed rooms. He needs his freedom to be himself. V ery Important (also for the one who stole him!!): Amon is coughing and he have a snotty nose, that's because he has a heart problem and needs his medicine once a month.
There are two other Huskies on Koh Chang, but it is easy to see the difference. One is a female, around 1 year and stay in Jungle Queen in White Sand and the other one is a Puppy, around 4 month old and is brown/white. So please look twice.PLEASE, if you see this dog or if you saw him in the last month please contact me. at www.piercingbabs@gmail.com or give me a call on 0895-305-503.

Live The Dream - House and Business Sales

In the course of our travels we hear about all kinds of business and residential opportunities on Koh Chang. A few are detailed below. Just get in touch with us for more information on any of them - please remember to tell us in your e-mail which one you are interested in. If you're wondering what the frog has got to do with any of this the answer of course is nothing. We just like the picture.

1) - If you fancy living and running a business on Koh Chang but don't want the considerable hassle of setting the whole thing up then here is an opportunity for you. A small bungalow resort at Pearl Beach is available for rent or purchase. Set down a quiet road and about 200 metres from the sea there are currently 4 separate bungalows with Aircon, DVD etc. and a four room block of rooms. The bar and restaurant has living accommodation behind and upstairs and all fixtures and fittings are included. The property has a fifteen year lease and is run through a fully registered Thai company. If you're interested then get in touch with us here and we'll put you in touch with the owners.

2) - Another bungalow resort is available down the same road at Pearl Beach. This one is set in two rai of landcaped gardens a short walk from the beach and has a 15+ year lease. At the moment there are five bungalows and four rooms, a bar/restaurant area and a kitchen. They have planning permission for a further 10 bungalows and two houses. The owners are looking for offers around 4 Million Baht. As usual if you want to know more then contact us here.

3) - Good properties on the pier at Bang Bao fishing village don't come up very often so the availability of a large retail/residential property close to the sea end of the pier is a very interesting prospect. The recently-built building has a ground floor ideally suited for a restaurant with a large kitchen out back. There is a second business frontage on the main pier currently in use as a dive shop. Upstairs there are four bedrooms and a large balcony. The owners are looking for offers in the region of 15 Million Baht. Find out more here.

Alternatively if you don't fancy the idea of a working life and just want a dream home in the sun then you will be very interested to read this feature about the Siam Royal View project that is currently under development in Klong Son. Read more about the development here

Born to Run?

Unlike the1988 movie of the same name this Midnight Run won't be featuring Robert De Niro, or the mafia for that matter. Instead it is another opportunity to do some exercise, this time to help a very good cause. You have plenty of advance warning to prepare since the event will trake place on October 11th starting, approprately enough, at midnight from the Amari Watergate Hotel in Bangkok. Organised by Amari Watergate Hotel and BMW Thailand the proceeds from the event will be donated to two different charitable organisations; the Chalerm Prakiat HRH Princess Sirindhorn School, supporting the education of children whose parents have tragically passed away due to HIV infection and "Baan Gerda", a children's village project in Lopburi, supporting HIV infected children. Participants will be entered into a grand raffle to win airline tickets, hotel stays and a host of other prizes.
The Amari Emerald Cove Resort here on the island will be sending participants so if you would like to take part then get in touch with them and they will be happy to help you enroll.

40 Days and 40 Nights

We're well into the euphemistically named 'green' season here on Koh Chang. Since there are fewer visitors at this time of year it's a good time to perform those infrastructural development projects that will make the island a better place to be in years to come. The image to the left shows one such project under way today (July 2nd) in White Sand Beach. The drains that were installed a few years ago are apparently not wide enough to deal with the flow of water in the larger downpours of the monsoon. As you can see from the sandbags the gentleman is standing upon all the local businesses suffer from flooding in these heavy rains. So here you can see the solution. Fill the drains with cement. Bet you didn't expect that one did you?
Whilst upon initial consideration this may seem about as useful as a Zimbabwean voting slip it is obviously the first part of a grand action plan to mobilise four or five hundred workers to construct a large and comprehensive drainage system before it is desperately needed in the next week or so. Isn't it?

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Our Printed Guides

Be sure to pick up your free copy of our Guide to Koh Chang, Trat and the Eastern Islands and our Guide to Koh Chang Restaurants & Bars. You will find them at Bangkok and Trat Airports, good Travel Agents and at many locations around the Island. Our maps are updated quarterly and both guides contain much more than just local information. If you have any problems finding them you can drop by our offices just up the hill on the right past Plaloma Resort as you leave Whitesands to the south. We are always happy to see you!

The Online Guide on KCTV Koh Chang has its own cable TV channel which is available in many of the hotels and resorts on the island. And we're on it on channels 25 and 30 in the form of this advertisement which you can watch here. Basically it tells you how great we are and how you should read our guides and advertise in them. But you know all that already don't you ;) as for the helicopter - no idea what that's all about. Treasure Island? Do you see that prime example of cartographic pulchritude to the left? That's the new "Koh Chang Treasure Map". It is now available all over Koh Chang and is the most accurate and up-to-date map of the island. It is actually a re-working of an earlier version that we used to sell for 100 Baht. We couldn't be bothered selling it this time though so we're giving it away, yes giving it away for nothing! With help from our valued sponsors of course who get the chance to promote their businesses on it. We'll be making 90,000 copies every year so the island will be positively flooded with copies. The front is prepared in a lovely illustrated style for which we are grateful to the mysterious artistic geniuses behind Rungthip Studios. On the back we have very detailed maps of all the beaches and villages together with useful information and numbers. If you want to be in it then contact us. Or just try and contain your excitement until you pick up your copy. On Top of the World This splendid picture of Koh Chang Grand Laguna Resort in Bang Bao Bay was taken by Koh Chang Airview who are in the process of putting together a fantastic portfolio of aerial photos of Koh Chang and the surrounding islands. They have been kind enough to let us run some of the pictures which we will be doing in the coming weeks. Look out for a spread of their images in the next issue of our Koh Chang Guide. If we owned a resort on Koh Chang and were interested in getting more visitors then we would be rushing to contact Koh Chang Airview to get some great aerial photos of our resort at very reasonable rates. If you are and you want something that sets you ahead of the competition then get in touch with us here and we'll put you in touch with them. Soaring With the Eagles Successful author Andrew Hicks keeps on returning to Koh Chang, the setting for his bestselling novel "Thai Girl". This visit he got a new perspective on the island. read on here Some Like it Hot If you think you can cope with Thailand's spicy cuisine then here's a challenge for you. There is one of those little no-name hole in the wall restaurants that Thailand seems to specialise in just after the Koh Chang TV office on the hill out of White Sands Beach. It serves Khao Gang - pre-cooked rice and curries. Just point at what looks good and they'll give it to you. All their food is excellent, the prices are embarrassuingly cheap, and It's our current favourite - we're there nearly every day. But oh blimey is it hot! Southern Thai cooking is the hottest of the Thai regional cuisines and they certainly don't mess around in this place. As a foreigner you will probably be asked if you know what you're letting yourself in for. 'Pet Maak' means very spicy by the way. But if you're up for the challenge and like your tastebuds turbocharged then we heartily recommend that you give it a go. The Online Guide Archives You will find all our Front Page stories here in the Archive.

The Guide Forum Latest Postings The Latest Koh Chang Happenings Take a look at Events listed by local businesses and residents. To list an Event click here. Inspirational! An interesting and unique new accommodation has just become available in Koh Chang. How do you fancy the idea of a stay at your own luxury Villa with a swimming pool set in huge landcaped gardens with 40 metres of private beachfront? The Villa sleeps eight guests in comfort and costs much less than four seperate rooms at one of the island's upscale resorts. Inspiration, as the place is named, is located on peaceful Pearl Beach a couple of kilometres after White Sand Beach. If you'd like more information then contact us. When you arrive - turn left! So you have arrived on Koh Chang and you join the crowds heading for the taxis which will take you over the hill and down to the West Coast with its spectacular beaches, deep red sunsets, restaurants and bars galore and an abundance of great accommodation to suite all tastes. Your dream vacation is about to begin. But where does that road go if you turn left off the ferries? Read more. Baan Talay Thai The other day we went and had a look at an interesting new housing project down at Dan Khao on the East side of Koh Chang. Baan Talay Thai is offering some very nice beachfront properties with prices from 5.4 Million baht. The developer is building one of the houses for himself, always a good sign, and there are nine other plots only. If you would like more information or want to arrange a viewing then contact us. Which is the best beer? Are you unsure of which of Thailand's increasing range of beers to order? It's a minefield because some are good and some taste "like runoff from a chemical plant". Fear not, our intrepid team of tasters have the answers. - Read More.... .