Wednesday 5 March 2014

Ko Pha Ngan Island

Ko Pha Ngan Island

Ko Pha Ngan is an island in the Gulf of Thailand in South East Thailand , and is located in Surat Thani Province . It is famous for the full moon party at Haad Rin Beach and as a backpackers destination . Ko Pha Ngan has two sister islands : the larger Ko Samui to the south and the smaller Ko Tao to the north .
Name of Ko Pha Ngan comes from the word ' Ngan ' , meaning ' sand bar ' in the southern dialect , because there are many sand bars offshore around the island . Ko Pha Ngan has been a long time favorite of past kings of Thailand . Specifically Rama V , or Chulalongkorn visited Ko Pha Ngan 14 times during his reign . The Bronze Drum of Dong Son Culture ( 500 - 100BC ) that was found on Ko Samui in 1977 is evidence that there were settlements in Ko Samui , Ko Pha Ngan , and their island of more than two thousand years ago . Some historians and archaeologists believe that the first group who migrated to Ko Pha Ngan were the Muslim sea Gypsies ( Pygmy , Semung , and Proto - Malay ) who traveled by boat from the Malay Peninsula . However , currently there are some Muslims who live on the island .
During the last century, the population of the island continues to grow , the first living from the sea and land , coconut farm , then tin mining also became part of the economy . In the 1970s the mining industry faltered and eventually subside over the next decade as tourism holds . Now the island is primarily a tourist destination , but fishermen and coconut farmers are still a big part of the local economy .
Due to the topography of permanent resident based around the coastline while the interior generally inaccessible mountains . More than half the island designated as a National Park and Koh Phangan has over 80Km2 of pristine rain forest with diverse flora and fauna . It is also regarded as a spiritual place with various Buddhist temples around the island and spa , meditation retreats and growing industry .
Koh Phangan currently only has one international primary school called 'The Panya School ' which is located in Baan Tai . The Panya School is a private elementary school that follows the British national curriculum for girls and boys aged 5 to 12 years .
Ko Pha Ngan prominently in Alex Garland 1996 novel The Beach and is also mentioned in the 2006 song Magick by the new rave band Klaxons ' ( but probably [ original research ? ] More as a reference to the 1996 novel The Beach than the island itself ) .
World famous Full Moon Party is a dance music festival sets monthly Haad Rin Nok beach is scheduled every month on the full moon . This event is particularly interesting feature electronic music and anywhere from 40,000 party - goers in normal and up to 1.000000 in the high season ( December to March ) . Recently, steps have been taken to make Ko Pha Ngan into a more family-friendly tourist destination , promoting a wealth of natural attractions Island and also increase the presence of police , block roads with stop and search procedures police patrol party regular and undercover .

8 comments:

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  2. first time know about this place..
    good information :P

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  3. This is a great place to visit!

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  4. Great info.. Air Asia pun dah ade penerbangan ke Surat Thani :D

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  5. Urmm...bole tak kalau 'comment verification' tu di disable kan? lama tunggu loading, pastu, bile dah loading semua, isi verification number tu, tunggu loading lagi.. salah la plak verification tu kite isi, kena loading lagi... huwaaaaa... Cabaran sungguh meninggalkan komen.. :p
    *kalau bole, kalau tak bole pun takpe... suggest je taw :D :D

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  6. cantiknya view dia..satu tmpt yg menarik..

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