Asia Golf Courses January 2018 January 2018 | Page 30

Anot
her opt
i
on i
s t
o r
ent a mot
or
bi
ke, t
her
e ar
e
l
i
t
er
al
l
y hundr
eds of pl
aces t
o r
ent scoot
er
s and al
l at
ver
y r
easonabl
e pr
i
ces.
Fi
gur
e on 150 – 250 Baht / 24 hour
s. You wi
l
l have t
o
pr
ovi
de your dr
i
vi
ng l
i
cense and passpor
t upon r
ent
al
of t
he mot
or
bi
ke.
I
f you’
r
e want
i
ng t
o escape t
he t
our
i
st
s and have
mor
e of a peacef
ul exper
i
ence on Koh Chang, t
hen
head t
o t
he east
er
n si
de of t
he i
sl
and. The east
er
n
si
de i
s l
ess devel
oped and mor
e i
sol
at
ed t
han t
he
West
. You wi
l
l get t
o exper
i
ence t
r
ue l
ocal l
i
f
e on t
he
i
sl
and ar
ound t
he f
i
shi
ng vi
l
l
ages and get out i
nt
o t
he
l
ush gr
een count
r
ysi
de t
o expl
or
e t
he j
ungl
e and
maj
est
i
c wat
er
f
al
l
s hi
dden i
n i
t
s i
nt
er
i
or
.
To get ar
ound t
he east
er
n si
de of Koh Chang you wi
l
l
need your own t
r
anspor
t due t
o t
he l
ack of publ
i
c
t
r
anspor
t
. Rent a scoot
er and go and expl
or
e, you
won’
t r
egr
et i
t
.
Koh Chang use t
o be wel
l of
f t
he beat
en pat
h and
onl
y vi
si
t
ed by t
he har
dened backpacker
, and
al
t
hough t
he i
sl
and has seen a bi
g i
ncr
ease i
n
devel
opment and t
our
i
sm i
n t
he l
ast 10 or so year
s
due t
o t
he Thai gover
nment t
r
yi
ng t
o devel
op i
t
, i
t i
s
st
i
l
l not on t
he same l
evel as t
he sout
her
n i
sl
ands
such as Phuket or Koh Samui
.
Wi
t
h an ai
r
por
t l
ocat
ed j
ust 20 ki
l
omet
r
es away f
r
om
t
he f
er
r
y t
er
mi
nal i
n Tr
at
, Koh Chang i
s easi
er t
o get
t
o t
han ever bef
or
e. Ther
e ar
e t
hr
ee dai
l
y f
l
i
ght
s f
r
om
Bangkok’
s Su var
nabhumi
Ai
r
por
t on Bangkok
Ai
r
ways.
I
nt
er
nat
i
onal t
r
avel
l
er
s ar
e bei
ng dr
awn t
o Koh
Chang’
s whi
t
e sandy beaches and l
uxur
y hot
el
s, but
don’
t be put of
f f
r
om vi
si
t
i
ng t
he i
sl
and i
f your on a
budget as i
t
’
s st
i
l
l an af
f
or
dabl
e pl
ace t
o st
ay f
or
f
ami
l
i
es and backpacker
s. Ther
e i
s an ext
ensi
ve
r
ange of accommodat
i
on avai
l
abl
e t
o sui
t ever
y need
and budget
.