Lamai Beach 1992

[@stevebowness9435]

I was in Lamai February 1988, the most amazing little place back then, Paradise so I glad I caught it unspoilt ❤❤❤

[@udom95]

I miss the old time....

[@gudrunherbst5810]

Lamai Resort am Anfang. Sehr schönes Video, war 1990 zum ersten Mal dort in Lamai. Dann jedes Jahr, bis Corona kam.( Jetzt zu teure Flüge. )Kann mich noch an alles erinnern, durch das Video. Staubige Straßen. Jetzt ist viel durch Bauwut zerstört. Danke für Video

[@delblue]

This is the year I first went to Lamai. It has changed so much over the years. I miss the old days there for sure.

[@pizzakabab]

Wow Koh Samui in thethe 90s,it was still quite untouched back then, good times...

[@bosse641]

So much better back then. I was there in 89, 90, 91. So much better than now.

[@udom95]

the beaches in thailand now, are beautiful.No tourists.

[@bosse641]

@@udom95 I know, I live here on Samui. .....but the vibe that was here in 89, 90, 91, is long gone. It's not the same place at all. Feels like a different planet all together.

[@enricovale]

I was there in 1981 (first time). Samui=paradise ;-)

[@Alesmi68]

La vidi per la prima volta nel 1992, ho sempre sognato di averla potuta vedere negli anni 80; ora pare una specie di Rimini

[@enricovalentini3808]

@@Alesmi68 putroppo è vero

[@stevebowness9435]

1981 WOW Fantastic 😊

[@bikepacker9850]

Bungalows on the beach 30 Baht in 1989, a Singha was 35 Baht.

[@guyvachod5363]

First time in Samui 1983, Chaweng beach, cheap bungalow on the beach, (50 baths) fried rice (10 baths) ganja everywhere, no hassles, lot of palm trees, clear water, that was the paradise. I'm not nostalgic, but that was the good old time. NOW, a lot of change, like every nice places in the world. ✌️👍🙏

[@meetdamien]

Aw that was great I spent quite some time in lamai in 92 we may have even crossed paths good times

[@CalleP413]

Nice video! makes me wanna have a rewinde on the development!!

[@udom95]

First Location is Mira Mare Bungalows.Left side of Galaxy Resort.The Mira Mare now is still same same like 30 years ago but in good condition.

[@deanjohnwoods]

I owned the Sydney Bar in Lamai from 1995 - 1997. Was one off the bars in the "circle bars" that has the lady boxing....that started in 1996. Great memories...

[@stevebowness9435]

❤❤❤🙏🙏

[@bikepacker9850]

Every night everyone staying at the Bungalows would all get together to watch the latest pirate versions of Hollywood movies. To make phone call, you had to go to the post office and wait in line. There was one bank on the island to get money. The slow ferry from Koh Samui too 8 hours. There were no conveniences, it was hard to get there and hard to exist there but it was WAY better than it is now.

[@Wheresnorth4romhere]

Great video. Hard to believe how much this place has changed. I recognise where the Aussie bar is now at the middle road junction. And the resort at the start looks a lot like mira mare.

[@hoffmeistertv]

the first time i arrived on samui was in 1988. people told me :" hey, you're 10 years too late..." things do change - and you never get your own youth back - remember your parents saying - "when we were young"....? maybe they are not so wrong...? maybe you're going to tell that to your own kids one day... who can't dance says the band can't play...

[@janus302]

Great time,only some beach bungalows and some hotels, behind the beach a smal street and the coconut plantations and always fun.......... i come stil on samui feels like coming home. Thanks

[@rexrex1493]

this year I went to Lamai for the first time. Since then I've been in love with Thailand;)Danke für das Video, ich werde sehr genau hinschauen, ob ich wo zu sehen bin;) und mein Bungalow von damals ...

[@janus302]

The good old time at lamai beach, only one sand road, now it is a village

[@manni58]

War das erste mal 1992 auf Samui, Lamai im Galaxi Hotel ,heute heißt das Hotel Samui Sense, kann mich noch gut an die Sandstraßen errinnern, tolle Zeit, komme auch nach 26 jahren immer wieder gerne nach Samui , speziell Lamai Beach, dort ist es fast noch so wie vor 20 Jahren :)

[@udom95]

Martin Senger Ich war 1991 im Galaxy.War noch Baustelle.Danach bin ich ins MiraMare und danach immer T&T House.Letztes Jahr war ich mal wieder aus Samui.Durchfahrt in Chaweng war schrecklich.

[@manni58]

Das Galaxy war ganz neu1992 , Chaweng fand ich immer schon zu überlaufen, laut und voll, war von 1993 bis 1998 in Maenam, Blue River, gibt es aber leider nicht mehr, Samui Beach Resort und im Sunrise war ich auch schon mal, flieg in diesem Jahr im September wieder nach Koh Samui, war 2012 ,14,16 im Aloha Resort sehr schön dort , Samui ist und bleibt meine Trauminsel auch wenns nicht mehr das ist was es mal vor über 20 Jahren war.....

[@franky1896]

Das Utopia in Lamai ist auch zu empfehlen. Nette Holz Bungalows. PS: Die Frau auf dem Moped 😘

[@uweschaper3150]

Suuuper so schön war es dort,das einzige manko keine feste Straßen aber herlich.Ich wünschte es währe noch so.

[@tommschu]

@ichbinschon52 ja das waren noch Zeiten...ich habe sogar die Besitzerin der Lugano Bar an der Ecke wieder erkannt...war von 1990 bis 92 in der Gegend.....und die geile Naturstrasse...noch kein Asphalt, tolle Zeiten.. Gruß, Thomas

[@krismars2170]

Great video 👍

[@auang]

wunderbares zeitzeugniss. Danke udom95

[@thunderkraken]

started visiting Lamai in 91,how it's changed today! (i'm not sure for the better?) great to see the place i first fell in love with

[@Trundlesome.1]

Funny seeing this. I first visited Thailand in 1993 and avoided Samui as I was told it was too overdeveloped!! Went to Koh Phangan instead. I eventually visited Samui (Mae Nam) in 1997. In MN right now and the beach is lovely. Lamai is depressingly overbuilt compared to 90s. And the traffic now is dire.

[@6789uiop]

my 1st trip, 1992 water so clear and blue, sand so white

[@elmercitro]

Da war ich genau etwa das erste Mal auf Samui. Heute nicht wieder zu erkennen. Im Video bei ca. 2.40 sieht man die Kreuzung, wo heute das Swiss Chalet, Family Mart und die Outback Bar (ehemals Lugano Bar) ist. Die Strasse geht dann runter zum Strand, wo man heute das Lamai Wanta findet. Schoene Erinnerungen.

[@farangualang9315]

CON LE LACRIME AGLI OCCHI........GRAZIE PER I BEI RICORDI.......

[@bennydinero6929]

Servus und Hallo , nun ja das ist schon richtig aaaaber man bekam für 1 DM auch nur 12,5 Bath was da bedeutet man bekam quasi für 2 Dm ,sprich 1 euro 25 Bath , heute kostet das Singha 60 Bath was wiederum 1,50 ausmacht - Ich würde sagen bei uns In Eiropa sieht das mit der Bierpreissteigerung aber bedeutend anders aus in den letzten 20 jahren !!!! Ich war ab 1986 bis heute mindestens 1X auf der Insel und liebe Sie noch immer am 9.1. gehts wieder hin - euch allen noch ne schöne zeit Benny

[@juergennoser2147]

1983.Paradise bungalows next to bills bungalow and pearl hutts.nightlife at Lugano bar n boxing,flamingo club,samui moon bar,ans bar,apple bar.everyone knows each other after 1 week.

[@stevebowness9435]

I was in Lamai February 1988 and stayed in the Coconut Villas Bungalows right on the beach, you could get a three course Thai meal in some places for the equivalent of £1.50p!!! Unbelievable as I recall only one hotel on Lamai The Flamingo unbelievable Paradise I’ve never forgotten it, been 36 years now, I’ve never been back the way it looks now not sure if I’d want to.

[@ichbinschon52]

Hi Renè, das waren noch Zeiten, schade, daß jetzt alles zu sehr kommerzialisiert ist. Gruß Manni

[@victorkalbskopf]

Ich habe gerade ein video gepostet von chaweng beach in 2021 während lockdown. Traurig

[@uweschaper3150]

Da hast Du recht schade drum,aber irgend wie sind wir ja auch mit schuld dran

[@phoneasi]

first time to me in 1989 . being in my twenties I was mesmerized but the beauty and peacefulness of koh samui. back then less than 8 million people a year visited Thailand today it's over 32 million how times have changed.

[@chocknog5763]

Loved the big green 'Octopus' that was there in the Mid '90s.

[@lungnepfarang3229]

Hallo the good old days my first time 1987 by Sawasdee House super time than you for this video

[@David-og7di]

This was when I began.....it was soooo much more real in the far east then, mass tourism had not quite begun, the destinations were not full of coffee shops. The travellers you met were a fairly hardy bunch and the leftovers from the 70's were still out there. I still go most years when I can, but today my only lament is that I told too many people " we kill that which we love".

[@RicoStapel]

Wonderful, thank you very much. I've been living in Lamai back then, great memories but unfortunately no pictures. Where can I find more of those?

[@roxybailey6302]

Anyone remember Lamai GYM owned by Paul and Andy from the UK. I saw Andy in Bangkok 10 ears ago. Paul passed by an unfortunate road accident in the North. Andy went on to have a successful career as an Engineer in the oil and gas industry.

[@gdjahmal9829]

I knew an Andy from the UK who took care of a bar in Lamai back in 92. teh bar was right in front of the Sawasdee Guest House where i lived. . .

[@contactinspect]

Yer thats me! ahahahahha

[@jamesmorrin2729]

I met Andy in 97 in hong kong. He was working on the roof of the convention centre.

[@contactinspect]

@@jamesmorrin2729 that was not me. The guy that brought the gym was Andy too. I would love to catch up with some of the guys who i trained and fought with for all nations. Miss that era, Shit 30 years ago now.

[@keza41]

Those were the days…

[@0rigiin]

Interesting. It looks more like Ko Samet, here.I first went to Samui in 2002. For all the appearance of huge difference,on the signs in this video you can see the foundations of today's Samui, already. Currency Exchange,Motorbike & Car Rental,Bars,Italian Restaraunt,Gym,Beauty Salon,Laundry,Resort Development Plots.Add tarmac roads to 3:17 in this video,and it begins to look familiar. Going by this video, it is tree cover which has been the biggest victim of development on Samui. Many cut down.

[@0rigiin]

I was back here middle of last year (2012). Looking at this video again, starting at 1:39 on the right at 1:48 , that estabilshment (or at least, building) is still there after all these years. Maybe owned by someone else, but still there. I agree that pretty much anything of Lamai once you move away from the beach, is uglier and more crowded with each passing year, but the beach strip is still absolutely blissfull even now. Once I'm on the beach, it is like being there again on my first visit.

[@noifurze6397]

can anyone remember the rising sun pub,run b by long John,I used to stay at virindas up on the hill

[@vyacheslavdubrovin3337]

First location looks like Samui Laguna Resort

[@moskiserious]

Nice, that was THE good times. i was there 1988 (looked the same as 1992) . Thanks för sharing ! What kind of Video camera did you use 1992 ?

[@udom95]

video8 forgotten brand🙄

[@permanentkick]

my first time there nov 88...paradise bungalows

[@moskiserious]

@@udom95 ok, thanks !

[@noifurze6397]

first went to koh Sami 92 stayed at lanai beach, fantastic times,I think they just starting to tarmac the ring road, last went in 2003, fucking Tescos and MacDonalds won't go again

[@karinhennig4640]

Wie weet nog over deze tijd bij de jasse bar op koh samui .en de bend die er bijna iedere avond daar de mooieste muziek gespeeld hebben ? Ik was er toen ook op vakantie .heel lang sunan kai en man werten er in de bar .wat is met koh samui gebeurd .Ik schrok er van .Dat er niks meer over is van die tijd .Alles maar vol gebouwd .jammer

[@refione23]

era il mio bungalow nel 1989 saudade........

[@udom95]

Da kostete ein Singha nur 25 Baht :)

[@mrlob22]

wow, you can hear the birds sing. what an incredible shame it looks how it does today. thats why i moved to krabi.

[@lupobazzo]

Ich bin 87 gekommen und 98 gegangen :-) Brauch's aber nimmer wirklich. Lebe jetzt in cnx - Klima angenehmer, ausserdem wird man älter .*haha* Bei 1:57... Haribo-Jürgens (schon gestorben) erste thaifrau vorm "lugano"

[@Braithwaite1922]

Now there's a Subway and a fcuking Tesco !!

[@KwakaRallye88]

Tesco....ffs. 😭😭

[@karinhennig4640]

Ik ben op zoek naar een cd muziek over koh samui

[@karinhennig4640]

Welcom to the eilend in the san welcom every bady ther jou hef sam fan .alleen maar muziek over koh samui .

[@tonys493]

hätte ich doch 1986 auf den Franzosen gehört und dort in Lamai Land gekauft.

[@udom95]

Terence Tyrone Dann hätte Dich aber eventuell die Samui Mafia schon beerbt😎😎

[@crypto4van254]

jetzt sind noch weniger Menschen am Lamai Beach

[@ichbinschon52]

Lä puh jing 500 ("hah roy") Baht. Und ein Freund holte sich 'nen Tripper :)

[@Gaviolit]

Lilly house bungalow....

[@henryfalksteinstein8264]

War gut 90 . Jahre heute scheisse

[@reom359]

mm