Thailand - The Ultimate 3 week itinerary

Hey it's me Floyd. Welcome back. After spending the winter season back in Canada, I'm on my way back to the land of smiles. This time I'm bringing some family members for a three-week showcase of some of Thailand's most popular tourist destinations. If you're planning a trip to Thailand and want a sample itinerary that hits some of the best beaches and most amazing sights in all of South Thailand, including Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Krabi, Raleigh Beach, Koh Phi Phi, Phuket and of course Bangkok, then you're going to want to watch this video. Hey if you're new here, welcome to Floyd Ventures. If you like this video, please hit the like button and if you want to see more videos, please hit the subscribe button and the notification bell so you won't miss my next video. In April of 2022, the rules to enter Thailand had relaxed again, requiring only PCR tests upon arrival with no more pre-departure or day five testing required. After a late night arrival in Bangkok, we quarantined for the night at a Shah Plus certified hotel near Suvarnabhumi Airport. By 9am, we had our negative results and we were on our way back to the airport to book a flight to our first island destination, Koh Samui. Koh Samui is located in the Gulf of Thailand and is the second largest island in the kingdom next to Phuket. It has an international airport and a local population of 70,000 people. The main beaches on the west side of the island are Nathan Beach and Lipanoi. On the north is Mae Nam Beach and Bo Put Beach, home of the famous Fisherman's Village. The largest and most popular beach where we spent our afternoons catching the sun and swimming in the sea is Chawang Beach on the east side of the island. Well here I am walking down beautiful Chawang Beach in the island of Koh Samui in the kingdom of Thailand. I'm here again. Love this place. What a beautiful day. We got some nice hot sun. It's 30 degrees. I'm loving life. We had found a cozy bungalow with a short walk or easy bike ride to Fisherman's Village where we got to do some exploring, do a bit of shopping and had some fantastic meals right on the beach. We spent a couple of days exploring the island and after that we took a short ferry ride to our next destination Koh Phangan. Hey everyone. Welcome to another episode of Floyd Ventures. I'm here on the island of Koh Phangan in the kingdom of Thailand. My very first time here on the island and I'm doing some exploring on to the very north part. We're walking along this amazing sandbar. Water waves coming in on both sides. Beautiful hot day and the water is amazing. Check this place out. Our beachside bungalows came with a family of friendly dogs and they were located in Tong Sala village on the west side of Koh Phangan only minutes away from the ferry and a perfect location for watching the sunset. The pier resort was a great choice with air-conditioned sea view bungalows at 25 US dollars a night. This was an ideal spot and a super deal. Just to make this place even better was a great restaurant bar with live music right next door and we had the pleasure of listening to this reggae duo as we enjoyed our dinner on the beach. I was fortunate to get some really nice drone videos of the area that day but the highlight of my day was capturing this fine drum solo on film. Ah well thanks for the entertainment guys that's definitely gonna get this video some likes. On our last night in Koh Phangan we decided to check out the local market in Tong Sala. What happened that evening was something truly unbelievable. We started to notice some flying insects forming around some of the lights and then there was more and then more and then the swarm. Well I don't know if you can see this but have you ever seen anything like this? We found out later these things were flying termites. Apparently they fly around for a few hours and then lose their wings and disappear. We came back a couple hours later and just like that they were gone and the next morning so were we. Well today's the day we head out from beautiful Koh Phangan. Island famous for the full moon parties but it's also just an amazing place to come and chill. You want a nice quiet cheap bungalow come to Koh Phangan. Anyway we're just waiting for the ferry. We're on to the next leg of our trip. We're going to be moving on to Krabi. We're going to be staying in Raleigh beach tonight and we're really looking forward to that. It's going to be awesome so stick around and I'll show you all of it. The journey to Raleigh was divided into four stages. While we were waiting for our another swarm of flying animals came over to say goodbye. The second stage of our journey was a three-hour bus ride from Sratani to Krabi. From Krabi we had a 15-minute van ride to the pier where we took a long tail boat to Raleigh beach. The journey took about six hours and it was a long day dragging our luggage around but this was our reward. Raleigh beach one of the most beautiful places I have ever been and definitely one of Thailand's top destinations. After a long day of travel I decided to relax at the lounge of my resort with my camera enjoying a cold beverage watching another amazing sunset. Well hello there check this out I just love exploring get myself lost let's find my way out of here look at this what a cool little spot and look where it comes out probably one of the nicest beaches in all of Thailand. The next day we rented a kayak and paddled around to Pranang or cave beach. This place was 360 degrees of pure magic absolute beauty everywhere I looked. Again from Raleigh beach wonderful Thailand. Beautiful day today rented a kayak we went exploring around the neighboring islands and beaches have a look at this you're gonna love it man things don't get any better than this water warm not too cold or not too hot today yesterday in the afternoon the water got a little bit soupy it was a little warm but I could get in the water before noon it's nice and refreshing man oh man this is awesome well look at me here in paradise I just can't say enough about this place and pictures just don't do it justice while walking along the beach I noticed these random little patterns in the sand my curiosity got the better of me so I decided to have a closer look these tiny crabs were making little balls of sand and very precisely placing them in amphitheater like patterns around their safety nest under the surface I wonder if they're building a fortress to deter invaders or perhaps they're masters of landscape design with the sole purpose of attracting a mate if you by chance know what's going on here please tell us all in the comments below in this close-up you can see this little crab placing sand balls behind him he rolls them up and tosses them to the right and to the left this one has some housekeeping to do but all the while keeping his emergency escape route clear so he can escape at the first sign of danger a little further down pranang beach the views became even more spectacular and this is the reason they also call it cave beach the princess cave which is also a buddhist temple is adorned with hundreds of decorative wooden phalluses these gifts of frillity brought by local fishermen were exchanged for good luck on the seas by hopefully bringing the princess pleasure despite the questionable decor this was another example of how beautiful thailand is if you weren't interested in renting a kayak you could walk to this beach from the east side of raleigh near the pier on an amazing path under the jagged limestone cliffs above again the scenery here was a natural wonder with surprises around every corner if you did however decide to kayak over here are some of the sights you'll see along the way well here we are in raleigh beach and just have a look at this beautiful little bungalow we got to spend the night in absolutely amazing let's go for a little wander and let's check this place out this resort was huge as you can tell from this walk to the beach the many bungalows that they have available the sand sea resort ideally located in the center of raleigh beach these bungalows book up fast so if you want to stay here you better book early and make a reservation then you can treat yourself to a swim in the pool eat and drink with some amazing views and of course access to this amazing beach raleigh beach has now become one of my favorite places on earth after a couple of days in raleigh we packed up jumped in another long tail boat and headed over to ao nang beach ao nang is a larger beach town with more restaurants and nightlife it has a wider variety of accommodations it is also accessible by land and only 40 minute drive from krabi airport we spent our evenings at the rooftop pool at the blues hotel in ao nang at the base of beautiful limestone mountains watching sunsets light up the sky well today's the day we leave ao nang we make our way to kopipi looking forward to some more adventures here's the ferry we're gonna board we'll see you when we get there the ferry ride to kopipi was just over two hours it was perfect up on the top deck to view the amazing scenery of thailand's west coast on the andaman sea the pipi harbor view was the perfect resort very close to the main pier and also right on the beach kopipi is one of thailand's most popular party islands well known for its wild nightlife amazing fire shows and beach parties that go all night long kopipi is not only known for its nightlife but also for its natural beauty we went on a tour to maya bay made famous by the movie the beach in the year 2000 one of the best things to do is to rent a long tail boat in late afternoon and watch a beautiful sunset close the day after enjoying a few incredible days in kopipi we moved on to our next island destination phuket i'm not going to talk about the many wonderful things of phuket in this video but you can get the full scoop on my beyond petang video by clicking the link above or looking for this thumbnail on my youtube channel our last stop was a night in bangkok where we stayed on the 58th floor of the labua state tower and resort where they filmed the the labua state tower is located along the chow praya river directly across from the icon siam shopping plaza this resort was opulent the rooftop bar was absolutely over the top it was a classy place and i'm not gonna kid you the drinks were quite pricey but the view was priceless if you were planning a trip to thailand and you only have a few weeks i would suggest you follow an itinerary just like this one you will see some amazing sights and make some memories to last a lifetime well that's it for this video folks thanks for watching always remember wherever you are and wherever you go go with the flow