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What's New
For this new edition of Discover Thailand, our authors have hunted
down the fresh, the transformed, the hot and the happening. These are
some of our favourites. For up-to-the-minute recommendations, see
1 GET TO THE BEACH FASTER
Recent transport routes have emerged directly from Thailand's Suvarnabhumi Inter-
national Airport to the Eastern Seaboard beaches of Ko Samet and Ko Chang. That
means you can bypass Bangkok and be beachside sooner.
2 KITEBOARDING
If all the watersports mated and had an offspring, it would be kiteboarding. Riders
harness the wind and the waves at the kiteboarding hot spots of Hua Hin, Pranburi
and Phuket.
3 STYLISH SLEEP FOR ALL
Bangkok has sprouted hip hostels, such as NapPark Hostel
(
0 2282 2324;
www.nappark.com
; 8 Th Tani; dm 550-750B;
river ferry Tha Phra Athit)
and
Lub*d
(
0 2634 7999;
www.lubd.com
;
Th Pha Ram I; dm 550B;
BTS Nation-
al Stadium)
, far removed from the functional dorms of yore.
4 FLYING THROUGH THE CANOPY
Why walk when you can fly through the forest on an elevated zipline? Ropes
courses have proliferated wherever trees meet tourists in such places as Ko Tao,
Sangkhlaburi, Pattaya and Pai.
5 EXTREME DIVING
