Since a while I've been collecting some pictures from 'old style Samui' or at least pictures that are older than 10 or 15 years and today I'm presenting you with a first set of old(er) Samui pix. Some of these pictures can be found at 'Beer Lao's' picture gallery, who's permission I obtained for using his pictures.
If you're on Samui, I can also highly recommend to visit the Natural Museum in Lamai at the local Temple there. So far I posted twice about this museum, here's access to part 1 and to part 2.
This shot shows Chaweng Beach in 1994.
Chaweng Beach road in the late 9-tees, when Beach road wasn't paved yet and looked a complete mess after some rain, as this picture shows.
A fantastic picture of Big Buddha around 1984.
A picture showing an old style song thaew or open style taxi driving along one of the few roads that Samui had back in the days.Hope you enjoy these pictures, I've got a few more stored for later disclosure.
Camille
4 comments:
Camille nice touch of nostalgia. It would be good to compare some modern pics with these.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi MIke,
A good idea to compare, the Big Buddha picture is easy to re enact, I will need to look very hard where that Chaweng picture was taken but there are already plenty of Chaweng beach on the blog.
Will look into it though.
Very nice Camille. Tourist industry really makes a difference in 15??? years. wow.
Mooi om die 'oude' foto's te zien. Ik heb 't idee dat er iedere week nieuwe gebouwen verrijzen op plekken die de week ervoor nog vrij waren ... het gaat hard!
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