A hut on the beach on Kradan Island (video)
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You entered in the seventies and eighties Thailand to the beach because of the beach. A beautiful sandy beach, crystal clear water and swaying palm trees, you could not wish for more. You did not find expensive ones on most beaches in Thailand hotels and restaurants, not to mention extensive shopping malls.
Kradan Island
Kradan Island, an untouched island off the coast of Trang in the Andaman Sea, still exudes the atmosphere of that time and staying at the Kradan Island Resort is reminiscent of times gone by, where simplicity and a rustic environment prevailed. A "bungalow" made of bamboo for less than 1000 Baht per night directly on a private beach with white powdery sand and a view of a sea with all kinds of shades of blue.
You could call the furnishings of the bungalows, which are suitable for 1 or 2 persons, primitive. In the room a mattress with bed linen and a mosquito net. A few pictures on the wall complete the interior. No TV, no refrigerator, because you only sleep in your cabin. The action happens outside.
Colorful fish
The clear waters are ideal for snorkeling and enjoying a wide variety of colorful fish that live in and around the coral reefs. Rent a kayak and take it along the coast to see even more pristine beaches. Walk from the resort to Sunset Beach to experience the sensational sunset over the Andaman Sea. And should these activities tire you, listen to the lapping of the sea in the hammock by the hut, see the endless blue skies during the day and the sun setting in the evening. And when darkness falls enjoy a beautiful starry sky.
The resort has 11 bungalows on the beach, and there are also some larger bungalows for families. For food and drinks, the resort has a great restaurant, also right by the sea. Check out their website for photos and more information about prices of the different bungalows.
Kradan Island Resort: an ideal place for a beach holiday, but don't expect the luxury and comfort of a trendy boutique hotel.
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1000 baht per night? For a bungalow that you can call primitive, I think it's a lot of money, there are plenty of places, on Lanta for example, where you can rent quite luxury for 800 baht, are meals sometimes included in the price?
Regards,
Lex K
Google the Resort and look at the prices. For people like you, who find 1000 Baht too much, there are budget bungalows for only 600 Baht.
Sorry, maybe I've been away from NL too long but I don't get it. 1000 baht is 'a lot of money' but 800 baht is OK? And we're talking about a difference of 5 Euro here, right?
I have also mentioned the difference between primitive and fairly luxurious, then you get a completely different comparison
@ gringo
I also mentioned the difference between primitive and fairly luxurious, then you get a completely different comparison, and then arrive afterwards with the mention that there are also bungalows from 600 Baht, then you should have mentioned that in the posting.
By the way, if you get a fairly primitive bungalow for 1000 baht, what kind of budget do you get?
@ Kees
We are talking about 5 euros but also about 20% and if you look at the percentage you get a substantial difference, plus the difference between primitive and fairly luxurious.
Just advertise it and soon it will no longer be such a nice, calm spot. If you know nice spots, you better keep them to yourself, otherwise it will be over quickly. In Isaan I still know a lot of nice spots. hidden away, but will never tell where they are because otherwise they will soon no longer be nice places. For the rest, a very nice video, really.
Thank you for sharing this @gringo.
Hopefully there will be more tips to avoid the famous tourist places
Color
Thank you very much for sharing this with us. Hope more of these pieces appear in the future. Find these the best things in Thailand to find the quieter places back to Basic.
This year I was driving around on the scooter on Koh Chang on my way to nowhere I thought on the map it was also indicated that the road would end here until I suddenly stood in front of the entrance of a large resort and waterfall I went inside and honestly hung around all day and didn't see any chicken maybe it was because it was low season. Koh Chang Grand Lagoona nice for a day to hang out for a stay 51 euros maybe too expensive for a budget tourist. Lonely beach you can also find quiet secluded bungalows, it takes some searching. If you eventually end up in these quiet places you feel completely happy away from the crowds (like the beaches of samui)
Greetings and thanks
Been there too, but found Koh Sukorn even more "original" than in cheaper / primitive!
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Thousand baht a night? A huge rip off if you ask me. Private beaches also have nothing to do with the 80s atmosphere that the 'resort' apparently tries to bring back to life. If you want to relive that time, Koh Pa Ngan is an option. There are beaches where you can rent a hut for 150 baht, shower under the stars and write down everything you eat or drink in a school notebook, eat what you eat and don't have to do anything else. For those who like; a bamboo bong with a bag of weed costs 200 baht, no police in sight. That's 80's 😉
Hey, hey, Cor, lame reaction, you know! You can also just sleep somewhere on the beach, piss and shit in the sea, and occasionally eat some food from a food stall. That's even cheaper.
I don't like the suggestion about weed at all.
Gringo, you obviously have no idea what the 80s were about island life in Thailand and your comment about "pooping and pissing in the sea" is really lame. If you think you have to spend a thousand baht a night to find out what Thailand offered to the average backpacker three decades ago, you're pretty much in the know. In this article you give the impression that for a thousand baht a night we go all the way back to the 80s. For 2012 prices. That again. I'm not too bad at spending money, but 1000 baht a night for rustic primitiveness, in other words; paying for “we don't have wi-fi, nice and quiet, but docks” is nothing more than a sound bite for people who have no idea what it was like in the 80s.
Your preachy remark about weed is hypocritical at best for someone like you, who is not averse to a drink.
Or else go to your girlfriend's/wife's family somewhere in the countryside. You can sleep there on a mat under a mosquito net, prepare food on a charcoal fire, the sanitary facility is a kind of hole in the ground surrounded by rusty corrugated iron and cleaning and brushing your teeth can be done with rainwater from a large barrel.
The costs vary from nothing to paying for a party with lots of food and drinks, a full tank for the pick-up or new tires for the motorsai to repairing the leaking roof and paving the yard with red gravel just to cite some random examples.
It is true that the beach and the sea are missing, but according to many, that is real life staying far away from the hectic existence in the homeland and there it is still authentic compared to the busy stopping places such as Bangkok and Pattaya.
The Isan in particular seems to be quite popular, I have often been told. 😉
moderator: please go back to the story.
I totally agree.
I own a house in Isaan with my Thai wife and two children.
Go there once and you will know what real Thai life is like, and that is sometimes even further back than the 80s.
Example, I eat chicken with rice, a sauce of my choice, a bowl of soup and water with ice for 20 baht in a Thai restaurant.
That is life.
Grt, to all thai goers
Was meant more or less ironically, dear Erwin, that 'real Thai life' I couldn't sustain for even two days and moreover I don't like camping either.
That was certainly not meant to be rude.
This was also meant to be somewhat general, I myself have a house there with my wife and some land and I wanted to indicate that it is quite cheap to stay in Isaan.
So don't take it personally.
Greetings, Erwin
Cor, the story is not about backpackers, but simply about a Resort in all simplicity with a private beach. The eighties were also not a monopoly for backpackers, even then there were already different types of tourists and visitors.
You read the story as you wish, fortunately we also see positive reactions.
Why you have to personally attack someone in the last paragraph with pastor and hypocrite escapes me, but I blame you!!!
Gringo,
Unfortunately I have to contradict you, it's a small thing but still, in Thailand you don't have private beaches, all beaches are government property, you can't buy and demarcate a piece of beach and you are always obliged to allow everyone free passage to the beach, even if it goes through your own backyard, or the grounds of your own resort, so to speak, without being able to force visitors to buy something from you.
@color
About Koh Phangan
200 baht for a bag of weed was in the 80s, but nowadays it costs around 600 baht per bag. The bungalow price of 150 baht can still be found.
As long as you smoke your weed around the bungalow, you run little risk, but if you are stupid enough to take it with you from the resort, you run the risk of running into what you think is the absent police and then it will cost a lot of money.
The police supplements his pension nicely, especially around the fmp
It must be me, but it always strikes me nowadays that when someone writes a nice article, he is pretty burned down on the Thailand blog.
Everyone always seems to know better, but they don't write articles.
This won't be posted, just wanted to express my annoyance at the comments.
probably not enough mai pen lai thinking 🙂
Kind regards, Gerrit Kraak
Dear Gerrit, you are right in a way, on the other hand it is easy to explain. Many expats live in Thailand and there are also many Dutch people who know Thailand well from regular visits. Now the differences between these Dutch people are enormous, in terms of interest, lifestyle, degree of integration, work, income and, last but not least, age. For example, one spends his time in the bars in Pattaya, while others do not get a free hotel near that seaside resort. For example, there are people who live in Isan between the Thai, and others who live in a nice apartment on Sukhumvit who wouldn't last even a weekend. And everyone's experience of Thailand is usually based solely on those personal experiences. That's why there is sometimes some resistance, like 'hey, this is Thailand too!' Only positive I think, it shows multiple and different perspectives. As long as the discussion focuses on arguments and does not become personal, there is nothing to worry about. Unfortunately, Thailandblog is sometimes confused with a digital old people's box where irritable older men involve any form of criticism of themselves. Then it quickly turns sour like here. I think there is nothing wrong with Gringo's article and there is nothing wrong with Cor's response. Gringo seems to provoke the discussion a bit here by whining about that weed (I'm not a fan of weed or excessive amounts of alcohol myself, but Cor clearly addressed 'the aficionados' in his response). Your last suggestion to think a little more 'mai pen rai' is a very strong one, for many that would indeed do no harm!
k Give Gerrit right
I also often see meaningless destructive comments
I think almost 1000 Baht per night is also a lot, but of course you don't throw away someone's experience.
And you can't express a great experience in money.
“And you can't express a great experience in money”
But if you can't afford it, you can't experience it :-)
Yes, but the first Dutchman who can fly to Thailand and who cannot cough up a super experience of 1000 baht has yet to be born, I think 😉
Open the video , see what you have always longed for .
Isn't it beautiful, go back with your thoughts to the time when you were still a hippie and had to hitchhike to get to Paris and had no money to tree with the ladies in Thailand. .
Now you live here with great pleasure drinking beer, but be wise.
In the time of hitchhiking, it was iedewiedeweed the fun song.
Don't get yourself into a problem. I see it around me. Kl..bag from NL. I see more and more people around me, meeting them in prison, with kind regards.
I don't know who all took the trouble to look up the website of that resort, I did it on the advice of Gringo, the pictures of some "shacks" I saw there explain the price of 1000 Baht, in the high season even 2000 to 2400 Baht this has nothing to do with “Back to the Basics” this is just pure luxury, I have seen beautiful bungalows of 2 floors.
This is really not what the average back packer will remember from the 80s, I am absolutely not part of that group, I also don't feel at home in a "digital retirement home" as Kees puts it so subtly, but I do know advice from Thailand visitors to appreciate, also from the less experienced visitors, who usually look a bit more fresh at Thailand, while the, mostly, called themselves experienced Thailand visitors, some even call themselves "Connoisseurs", come across as somewhat blasse, like "Been There, Done That” and you don't have to tell me anything anymore.
Back to the topic
They have their own website and email address, so you are probably not deprived of internet, there is even a fixed telephone line.
Unfortunately, commercialism has also hit hard and inexorably here, photos of an underwater wedding, etc.
The island has long since been included in “1 day tours” from Koh Lanta.
I looked up the prices and put them here, source; Website: http://www.kradanisland.com
High season Dec – April
Beach Front Bungalows are 1,500 Baht
Family Rooms range from 2,000 to 2,400
Baht Budget Bungalows are 700 Baht
Low season May – Nov
Beach Front Bungalows are 1,000 Baht
Family Rooms range from 1,500 to 1,800 Baht
Budget Bungalows are 600 Baht
Regards,
Lex K.
Thank you Lex for your response.
When creating a story, you don't simply copy the entire website, but only give an idea of what to expect. Maybe I didn't express myself clearly everywhere, but if everyone had taken the trouble to look up the website, the negative reactions could have been omitted.
The beach will indeed not be private, so call it a beach on your doorstep, right?
You're welcome Gringo, small effort, I must admit that it is a beautiful resort, with a really wonderful beach, only the prices are against me, when compared to what you can get for 2000 Baht elsewhere, but everything must also be done per boat to be brought in, that must also be paid.
In short, this is, in my opinion, a resort for people who are willing to pay a fair amount for the feeling of Thailand from 20 to 30 years ago, with the luxury that a backpacker does not need and is not looking for. .
As an example of “Back to the Basics” I would like to give a small example, years ago I ended up on PhiPhi again and my regular resort PhiPhi Charlie Beach had no room, I went to the other side of the island , by longtail boat, the only way to get there and ended up in a hut with a cement platform as a bed with a mattress and a fan, but that was of no use because the generator went off at midnight, so no music , no light, nothing at all, just the sound of the sea and the light of the night, that gave me a kind of "authentic" Thailand feeling, which will stay with me.
I would like to say something about the reactions, not necessarily to this posting in particular, also in general, but I think it would be better to do that via a private message before a lot of people get on their back legs again .
Regards,
Lex K.