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Diving
Diving around Samui and the near island such as Koh Tao, Koh NangYuan, Koh Pa-ngan and Koh AunThong Nation Marine Park could be memorized as one of the world diving paradise.
These group of islands is rich of an exotic natural beautiful, vary wide in charactoer, from deep water pinnacles to shallow coral gardens, to rocky points complete with swim-throughs such as you find in the Similan Islands. The island like Koh Pha Ngan is perfect for both beginningand trained divers and you would get an unforgettable night dive in a miracle underwater world here. The best time for diving being from February to Mid-June and from September to November.

Monkey Theatre
Located on the mainroad behind Bophut is the Monkey Theatre, another famous destination for the whole family. It offers showsin which monkeys display their dexterity and not just at picking coconuts. Entertainment also includes performing elephants. Monkeys played an important role in the economy of Koh Samui. For centuries the people here have used them to do the hardest part of the work by climbing the trees to pick ripe nuts on their coconut plantations. Until the advent of tourism, oconuts represented the main industry on Koh Samui, so a well-trained monkey was greatly prized.

Buffalo Fighting
Unlike bull fighting in Spain, but it usually more aggressive buffalo, the greater the crowd's delight. The fight ends w hen one animal turns and runs. Buffaloes rarely suffer real injuries, so Buffalo Fighting is not really a blood sport. This sport, specific to southern Thailand, generates a great deal of excitement among the population; the fights draw thousands of spectators, and gambling (although strictly illegal), is widespread with hundreds of thousands of baht openly changing hands. For weeks or even months before a fight, the contestants are beefed up with extra food rations and pampered with constant showers and talcum-powder; they are decorated with jazzy ribbons and gold leaf on their horns.