Southern Thailand: Chumphon - Gateway To The South | Beaches | Pak Nam | ชุมพร

#Thailand #travel #history ☕ Please help support my channel by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/willetts... Thank you! 🙏 In this video, I cross over the border from Prachuap Khiri Khan province, to the north, and start to make my way south along Chumphon's beautiful coast towards the provinces capital town. Chumphon is located on the Isthmus of Kra – the long narrow land bridge that connects the Malay peninsula with the rest of the Asian continent. The province is said to have over 200km of coastline with a lot of beaches that haven’t been touched by much in the way of development at all, let alone being overdeveloped for tourism. It also bills itself as being the Gateway to the South as the main southern region of Thailand lies just below it. I visit many beaches and fishing communities; climb over Thailand's largest sand dunes; take in a couple of shrines dedicated to Admiral Prince Krom Luang Chumphon Khet Udomsak who is known as the Father of the Thai Navy; watch deer tuck into bananas in a park just to the north of Chumphon town; take in monuments dedicated to those who defended Thailand against the Japanese during WWII; and end at a cave temple with a nice temple right beside a beach. 0:00 - Intro 2:34 - Grand Sand Dunes 5:06 - Wat Kaew Prasert 6:44 - Ao Thungmaha 7:09 - Thung San Beach 7:36 - Ao Bo Mao Bay 8:34 - San Krom Luang Chumphon Laem Tan 9:47 - Saphli Beach 10:58 - Thung Wua Laen Beach 12:00 - Nong Yai Wooden Bridge 15:53 - Wat Sam Kaew 17:00 - City Pillar Shrine 17:38 - Phra Anusawary Krom Luang Chumphon Khet Udomsak 18:06 - Soldier Youth World War 2 Monument 18:58 - Pak Hat Beach 19:31 - Pak Nam Chumphon 21:22 - Khao Matsee View Point 22:05 - Phra Tamnak Krom Luang Chumphon Khet Udomsak 25:15 - Wat Tham Pong Pang Locations of the places visited in this video are as follows: 📍 Grand Sand Dunes: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3hN8eHNPgj5W7... 📍 Wat Kaew Prasert: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9CAw9ZefYYc24... 📍 Ao Thungmaha: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mxUYrtj54uPRi... 📍 Thung San Beach: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ViDzEsZzW8bq6... 📍 Ao Bo Mao Bay: https://maps.app.goo.gl/k2D8KLfQVi3E5... 📍 San Krom Luang Chumphon Laem Tan: https://maps.app.goo.gl/LGaKvgQPpv4Pp... 📍 Saphli Beach: https://maps.app.goo.gl/gGD8BvKBWvEYU... 📍 Thung Wua Laen Beach: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BKkXw6hVupCQ1... 📍 Nong Yai Wooden Bridge: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vQkZocJkcsCcK... 📍 Wat Sam Kaew: https://maps.app.goo.gl/HySLQHDBmr8cd... 📍 City Pillar Shrine: https://maps.app.goo.gl/HRxcrQh9LcxY7... 📍 Phra Anusawary Krom Luang Chumphon Khet Udomsak: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VMcHvyKh4KfwE... 📍 Soldier Youth World War 2 Monument: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bReuqJegZkF1o... 📍 Pak Hat Beach: https://maps.app.goo.gl/j54jaR2fSppDJ... 📍 Pak Nam Chumphon: https://maps.app.goo.gl/pcMvt65o2Bj4r... 📍 Khao Matsee View Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/oVm8mkQbFDBhv... 📍 Phra Tamnak Krom Luang Chumphon Khet Udomsak: https://maps.app.goo.gl/tE5Sv1bgebwuK... 📍 Wat Tham Pong Pang: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DtuRsL5WswNo2...