[Raval]

Hi.... I combined Phuket and Samui (Lamai) many times. Each of them has it's charmes. It depends on what comes on your way during your stay in Patong. If you have to make a decision up front.... I would devide it in 8 days each. If you are flexible.... wait and see what happens in Patong before you decide how long you go to Lamai. For a nice chillout at the beach at the end of the holiday I would prefer Lamai. For an unforgetable beach... make a 2 day trip to Nanguang Island near Koh Tao. And as said before..... Pattaya is nothing off a beach destination.... It's only for the girls and nothing.. I repeat nothing else. The beach directly in Patt's is ugly.

btw.... welcome to the board.

Cheers,

Raval