Mai Pen Rai is not just the translation of 'does not matter' on the island, the phrase is also the name of a very nice place on the northern side of Phangan. If you like to dine out then the island has to offer many different styles of places to eat, bars and cafes catering Thai, International, Danish, English and Mediterranean dishes, something to suit everyone. And naturally of it's location a huge choice of fresh seafood which is locally caught. Koh Phangan was before a backpackers destination, Nowadays a different type and a mixed range of holiday makers visits the island. A thing many of them have in common, want to look out for a relaxed and interesting place. One exemption might be the Fullmoon party when Had Rin Nok changes into a dancefloor. Kho Phangan used to be the hippy destination, today a 'more mixed range' of visitors arrives here. But they all want to find a relaxed and easy going place.

If jungle trekking, scuba island is perfect. If you want to meeting friends from every part of the globe and having one of the best holidays of your life, Koh Pha-ngan is the next island to the world wide known tourist destination of SamuiIsland that more than 1.5 million tourists every year. The climatein the Kingdom of Thailandis extremely equatorial, hot and damp. Most of the time weatherseason changes are designed by monsoons which create three contrastive climateseasons in southern Siam and 2 differing seasons in south-central Siam. Monsoon in the southern areas around May to October comes with lot of rain and the sky is cloud covered, but the north-east monsoon approx Nov to Mar is almost waterless and relatively colder.