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Things to Do on Koh Kood Beyond the Beach

19 June 2026

thailand

Things to Do on Koh Kood Beyond the Beach

Koh Kood rewards people who do almost nothing, but the island has a real spine of jungle, waterfalls, and fishing villages if you want more than sand. None of it is a theme-park attraction — it is a waterfall you kayak to, a 500-year-old tree, a reef you reach by boat. Here is what is actually worth the scooter ride.

Henrik Vinter

Where to Stay on Koh Mak: Ao Kao vs Ao Suan Yai and Beyond

17 June 2026

thailand

Where to Stay on Koh Mak: Ao Kao vs Ao Suan Yai and Beyond

Koh Mak's accommodation gathers on two beaches — Ao Kao on the south-west and Ao Suan Yai on the north-west — with a scattering of remote places on the quieter coasts. The island is flat and small enough to cycle across, so the choice is less about logistics than about which beach you want to wake up on. Here is the honest difference between them.

Henrik Vinter

The Best Beaches on Koh Kood, Ranked by What You Want

16 June 2026

thailand

The Best Beaches on Koh Kood, Ranked by What You Want

Koh Kood has the clearest water of the three main islands in the Trat archipelago, but its beaches are not interchangeable: some are all-rounders with food and resorts, others are empty stretches you reach by scooter, and a couple are working fishing villages where you would not actually swim. Here is which beach matches which kind of day.

Henrik Vinter

Where to Stay on Koh Kood: An Honest Area-by-Area Guide

13 June 2026

thailand

Where to Stay on Koh Kood: An Honest Area-by-Area Guide

Koh Kood is bigger than it looks on a map and its beaches are spread along a single coast road, so where you base yourself decides how your days feel — walkable and social, or properly remote. Most first-timers should stay around Klong Chao. Here is what each area is actually like, who it suits, and where you will need a scooter to do anything.

Henrik Vinter

Best Time to Visit Koh Mak: Month-by-Month Weather and Crowds

12 June 2026

thailand

Best Time to Visit Koh Mak: Month-by-Month Weather and Crowds

Koh Mak runs on the same calendar as the rest of the Trat archipelago: a dry season from November to April when the island is open and easy, and a wet season from May to October when boats thin out and many resorts close. Being flat and low, it has no high ground to dodge the weather — so timing matters. Here is the year, month by month.

Henrik Vinter

Best Time to Visit Koh Kood: Month-by-Month Weather and Crowds

11 June 2026

thailand

Best Time to Visit Koh Kood: Month-by-Month Weather and Crowds

Koh Kood is a dry-season island in a way Koh Samui never is: a large share of its resorts simply close for the wet months, and the ferries thin out with them. That makes timing less about chasing the perfect forecast and more about travelling inside the window when the island is actually open. Here is how the year breaks down, month by month.

Henrik Vinter

How to Get to Koh Mak: Routes from Bangkok, Koh Chang and Koh Kood

10 June 2026

thailand

How to Get to Koh Mak: Routes from Bangkok, Koh Chang and Koh Kood

Koh Mak sits in the middle of the Trat archipelago, halfway between Koh Chang and Koh Kood, which makes it the easiest of the three to fold into an island-hopping trip and the one most people reach by combining it with a neighbour. There is no airport and no bridge — every route runs through a ferry. Here is each one, with times and the seasonal catches.

Henrik Vinter

How to Get to Koh Kood: Every Route from Bangkok

9 June 2026

thailand

How to Get to Koh Kood: Every Route from Bangkok

Koh Kood sits in the far south-east corner of Thailand, closer to Cambodia than to Bangkok, and there is no airport on the island. Reaching it means getting to Trat province first, then a ferry from Laem Sok pier. The chain is longer than for Phuket or Samui, but it runs on one bookable ticket — here is every route, what it costs, and where people lose half a day.

Henrik Vinter

Essaouira Travel Guide: The Atlantic Coast Alternative to Marrakech

4 June 2026

morocco

Essaouira Travel Guide: The Atlantic Coast Alternative to Marrakech

Essaouira is a walled Atlantic port 175km southwest of Marrakech, enclosed by 18th-century fortifications designed by a French military architect (Théodore Cornut, under the Alaouite Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah). The medina is UNESCO World Heritage. The consistent trade…

Henrik Vinter

Zakynthos Travel Guide: Navagio Beach, Sea Turtles, and the Blue Caves

4 June 2026

greece

Zakynthos Travel Guide: Navagio Beach, Sea Turtles, and the Blue Caves

Zakynthos — marketed internationally as Zante — is an Ionian island on Greece's west coast. The island's most circulated image is Navagio Beach (Shipwreck Beach): a rusted 1980s cargo ship run aground in a white-sand cove enclosed by vertical limestone cliffs, with water the…

Henrik Vinter

Hvar Travel Guide: Getting There, Where to Stay, and What to Skip

4 June 2026

croatia

Hvar Travel Guide: Getting There, Where to Stay, and What to Skip

Hvar is the longest island in the Adriatic at 68km, but the parts that most visitors come for occupy a few square kilometres at the western tip. The island has been a tourist destination since the Austrian imperial period in the 19th century; it has the best-developed…

Henrik Vinter

Azores Travel Guide: Which Islands, What to Expect, and How to Plan the Trip

4 June 2026

portugal

Azores Travel Guide: Which Islands, What to Expect, and How to Plan the Trip

The Azores is nine volcanic islands in the mid-Atlantic, 1,500km west of Lisbon — roughly the same distance as Lisbon to Moscow. The archipelago is Portuguese since the 15th century, geologically among the youngest land masses in the Atlantic. Each island has a distinct…

Henrik Vinter