Which is better for a family: Koh Samui or Chiang Mai in Thailand?

@Klee *************

I've actually been considering Sam Roi Yot, except I have family in Phuket and health issues. I love that area of the coast.

@Andra ********

Anywhere east and northeast of the Heroines Monument is still low-development. As for Krabi and Koh Lanta, I can't really say. I'm looking into Pha Nga myself.

@Andra ********

Its beautiful area ( around Thalang) an the whole east coast north of the Heroine's monument with nice beaches ( layan beach on the west coast with the Nat park right there) and a many areas with no tourists at all

The phuket haters are ones that visited / lived in Patong and feel that represents Phuket island) :-)

@Richard ********

I keep rereading my post. I can’t seem to find where I mentioned price.

@John **********

Mind blowing. Especially thailand, where when the going gets tough, it can make a grown man cry. And when you hear "Ooh I don't like spicy food" !! And complaining of 'the heat' or 'the traffic'. I'm just dealing with my on/off psycho exgirlfriend, kindly cat-sitting at my villa, sending me photos of her bloodied face, where she slipped while climbing to look into the water storage tanks investigating the lack of water to the taps, landing on her face, her teeth cutting right through her lip, in the area underneath the villa that I know the snakes love, including a 3 meter python, which must've taken a few of the 8 kittens I've lost in two years, others savaged by street dogs, or at best, dying from a horrible virus. Meanwhile I've just been grilled for an hour by immigration officers on arrival at BKK about my comings and goings, where I have had to fly out/in as my previous visa expired today, and I'm yet to collect my Elite visa sticker, so had to fly to Malaysia and back so had to prove my financials, source of income, Elite membership, and justify some overstay stamps to allow me entry. My exgirlfriehd has a friend of hers coming, at midnight, to get the water running again, after spending the evening crying and tending her wounds. I'll grab a hotel in bkk and head back down to samui tomorrow. And all that just today. Today is a quiet day. A good day. I've only been gone just over 48 hours. But yeah, you bring your 18 month old baby, and your dog, the two very last things I'd want around me here, and see how you like it. Oh and my fridge has stopped working again. 🥳

@George ******

the annual burning season makes it the worst polluted city in the world for some months every year.

@Jacob *******

that's a little bit, on the wind. Completely different ball game to Samui.

@Ken *****

like saying veterinary surgeon gets knocked over by a cow so everyone stop eating Beef !! 🤦🏻‍♂️

@Ken *****

so Ken your not visiting anywhere with air pollution I take it ? Sounds a bit limiting to me … just sayin’

@Ken *****

unlucky me thinks !

@Andra ********

no you pay in the original country ( in your case the UK) and you don’t pay again on that cash

@John **********

this is pure fantasy. It's never going to happen. This group has its idiots peddling rumours and lies.

@Matthew *********

thanks pal i am breathing a lot easier now lets see what develops in the new year me and my thai wife have plans to return so hope this does not happen

@Tony ********

Direct from my former lawyer in BKK. Learn and understand.

UK resident i all ready pay tax on my pensions i am married to a thai we intended to come back to retire next year surely they can not tax me again on my pensions and if they did what do we get back i just find this incredible we bring our funds into Thailand putting it into the Thai economy and get stung again if this does happen we will be having a bit of a rethink

@John **********

to each their own,

Been my home ( except for 2 years) since 1985

wouldn't trade it for anywhere else

IR cheaper than Samui and cleaner air than CM :-)

@Bonnie ********

yes sure .

But water quality in Samui in not better ...thailand dont want talk about this .

But last analyz was a disaster as most if resort have dirty water go in beach water .

Anyway nowhere is realy clean

@John **********

if you care to read the post they are moving to Thailand and have 2 places in mind chiang mai or koh samui and out of those 2 it's samui for me and it's not about endless capital it's about managing what funds you have at your disposal 6 months of the year I choose to live in phuket is where I reside doesn't matter where you decide to live if you try and live above your means you are doomed for failure I live comfortable without the expense and it's obvious they have sufficient funds to live in samui otherwise it wouldn't be one choice of theirs

@Stuart **********

Koh Chang is nice but very small island. Just one road and no big stores.no Makro( just s very small one) no shoppingmall, no homepro, no big supermarket. Is a real holiday island

@Stuart **********

Cambodia has just one beach, sinoukvill. Is taken over by the Chinese people. Further no beaches.

@Stuart **********

sure.

Koh Samui in the 80th and 90th ok.

Now.....?

To busy, to expensive and so on.

Now an Island for party peoples.

Ko Chang at this time is more beautiful with nice Islands in the near.

@Stuart **********

and you can take your car on the ferry

@Dimitri *******

in size or price or both.

Samui is a nice place to visit, but when living there it's very small, you drive around it in a couple of hours. A good chuck on the island is for tourists and not really suitable (imo) for living.

Spouses also get it

@Andy *****

you missed the joke mate.

@Ava *********

...just google it 😉...my girlfriend is originally from there and it looks very appealing.

@Ava *********

February to rainy season, usually mid-May. We’ve had some higher AQI already this year. I ride my scooter around the province and have found burning already.

I was here through most of March this year; I won’t do that again. I’m leaving after the flower show in February.

@Todd ********

No many with 18 month baby over 50 🤭