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	Bowling : The living Bowl Centre offers top of the range ten pin action and its own on-site restaurant, if you can't tear yourself away from the lanes for long. In Central Chaweng, above McDonals.
	Kayaking : You can glide across the water's surface near Samui's shores or around the cave-studded islands of Angthong National Marine Park. Sea Kayaks are very stable and easy to use. A number of hotels in Chaweng rent kayak, or Blue Stars Kayaking can arrange a full day tour complete with guides and kayaks in the marine park.
	Sailing : Samui has excellent weather conditions for sailing - a good all year round breeze which is a solid northeasterly between December and April and a more challenging strong westerly with the occasional violent gust between May and November. Craft available for a day on the ocean waves include yachts, catamarans and, more modest, windsurf boards.
	Diving : Diving is one of the most popular activities on Samui and the surrounding islands. Beneath the waves you will find a whole new world. Whether you are experienced or not, have your own equipment or not, you can find a dive school and tour to suit your tastes.
	Elephant Trekking : If you like to enjoy the scenery without the noise of an engine distrubing the peace, then why not go on an elephant rek? While selephants are not native to Samui their appearance on the island is actually a good sign: Since Thailand's remaining natural forests are not proteced, elephants are no longer employed in their traditional logging work, and so have plenty of free time to work with visitors. Despite their huge size, elephants are incrdibly sure-footed, even on steep and narrow trails. And the world looks wonderful from 3 metres up on the back of an elephant. Standard trips last half-an-hour, although longer trips can be requested.
	Thai Cooking : One of the best things about Thailand, of course, is the food. If you want to have more than a passing knowledge of classic Thai dishes, then you can learn how to cook them yourself. A culinary istitute and several hotels offer deonstrations and hands-on practical experience in Thai ingredients and cooking techniques. In troductory and/or intensive courses are available and range from a few hours to a week or two.

	Buffolo Show : Briging back a bit of the traditional rural Thai way of life to Samui, Living Thailand offers a very pleasant diversion from the rigours of the beach. Situated amongst paddy fields and rolling hills in the south of the island, visitors to Living Thailand and enjoy buffalo cart rides, buffalo theate and a Thai farming museum. The theatre show includes demonstrations of rice planning and paddy ploughing, which visitors are welcome to join in. Multi-ligual guards are on hand throughout and show times are at 10 am and 3 pm.
	Butterfly Garden : Butterflies are one of the most easily observed and beautiful examples of the island's biodiversity. See vividly colorful examples of Tropical butterflies in this scenic hillside setting. Since butterflies only live for about two weeks, the garden raises their own buterflies and has a great display of caterpillars, cocoons and adults. The garden is next to the Central Samui Village, off the 4170 road, south of Huan Thanon. Open daily from 9 am to 9 pn. Price : 120 Baht for adults, 60 Baht for children under 12.
	Monkey Theatre : Watch monkeys perform in special show at 10.30 am, 2 pm and 4 pm every day. Price: 150 Baht for adults and 50 Baht for children. It's on the 4169 ring-road, 400 metres South of Bophut Village.
	Thai Boxing : Muay Thai is Thailand's national sport and as such, is taken very seriously inded. An evening's entertainment can feature as many as 10 fights before getting to the main bout and can last up to three hours. So unless you're devoted fight fan, it's probably best just to drop in for an hour or so. The pre-fight rituals and the traditional music throughtout are as much a part of the event as the fights themselves. Widely considered to be the world's most dangerous martial art, Thai boxing is a superb showcase of speed, grace and discipline.
	Snake Farm : If you don't want to venture into Koh Samui's remaining forests, you can still get some of the thrill from the snake farm's daily shows. They feature ten different species of snakes as well as centipedes, scorpions and lizards. Snake handlers boast the longest King Cobra in Thailand, which is on display at the farm's King Cobra House. The snake farm has been known to perform a valuable service by capturin nwanted snaked from the yards of locals and giving them a home in the show.