Mainichi Daily News A view of the Tongsai Bay resort from the garden. Nowadays, you can soak up the ocean view while sipping champagne in an outdoor jacuzzi, sleep under the stars in a gazebo or even host your own cocktail party. Many luxury resorts have seen the writing on the wall and are fleeing Chaweng Beach in droves, keen to cultivate some traditional Samui charm.
Charming sights abound.
I've never been able to figure out why anyone would choose to dine by a noisy road at an outdoor restaurant showing off iced fish caked in dirt over the ambience of dining by the beach with waves lapping at your feet. Amid the construction boom it's good to see that at least some folks have the sense to appreciate that an investment in the environment now, is an investment in the future of Samui. No one shows sharper sense than the Tongsai Bay, the island's first five-story resort. A view of a Tongsai Villa. Mother Nature designed a nature lover's paradise.