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Backpackers, package tourists and Thai students flock to the white-sand beaches of the tiny, six-kilometre-long, national park island of KO SAMET , 80km southeast of Pattaya. Samet's best beaches are on the east coast, and there are numerous bungalow resorts here. A rough track connects some of them, otherwise it's a question of walking along the beach at low tide or over the low, rocky points at high water. All beaches get packed on weekends and national holidays, when accommodation rates rise by up to fifty percent. Once, Samet was considered to be malarial, but has now been pronounced safe. There's a B20 national park entrance fee on arrival, payable at the checkpoint between Na Dan pier and Hat Sai Kaew.

There is a sporadic songthaew service on Ko Samet, which starts at Na Dan pier and continues down the track as far as Wong Deuan. Ko Samet's health centre is in Na Dan, and the island's post office is

run by Naga Bungalows on Ao Hin Kok , who also provide internet access. You can also make international phone calls at Naga, and from every main beach; all Ko Samet's phones are radio phones so the code is always 01. The biggest bungalows will also change money, and there are small shops in Na Dan and on Hat Sai Kaew and Ao Wong Deuan. Ao Prao Divers (tel 038/616885) are based at Ao Prao Resort on the island's west coast and offer PADI Open Water courses for B10000.

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