i was in thailand the last time in 2010, and i plan to go again in the next winter.  in 2010 phuket was nice and popular, nice beaches and great clubs with boys.

at last i have heard comments about phuket, that were not so good.   so i looking for recomendations, where to go in thailand, where you can find clear water and nice boys.  and please do not mention Pataya. i was there and i did not find it clean and nice enough. 

 

any better suggestions?

Pattaya is no island, though it can pretty well be considered an sex-for-rent island in the sea of boredom around.

Phuket is indeed about the only real one (well there is a dam/bridge) with enough gay scene to warrant to go. The last few years it is said to be overrun with holkidaying Aseans-Koreans and mainland Chinese. Prices are also much higher and tourist-inflated as rest of Thailand.

The about only other island perhaps/maybe worth considering is Samui (about due east of the narrow half-isle that is Thailand there), but DO look after wheather-its horrible in the wet. Seems there is no real established gay scene there, listings like on travelgayasia, mention a few, but they open/close in a whim. ''workers'' seem mostly young guys working in the many hotels etc doing some after-hours extra earnings.

But what the heck makes it worth to have to go to an island? It only means more difficult ways to get there and more limited provisions of all kinds. And when you sit on a beach-chair, you really wont notice the difference between mainland and island.