Surat Thani|Surat Thani Province (often in short Surat, Thai: ????????????) is the largest of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand, on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand. Surat Thani means City of Good People, the title given to the city by King Vajiravudh (Rama VI).Surat Thani is a gateway to the islands of Thailand's eastern coast: Ko Samui, Ko Tao (great for scuba diving), and Ko Pha Ngan and also the natural beauty of 6 National Park
*Ang Thong National Marine Park|Ko Ang Thong marine national park****Khao Sok National Park|Khao Sok national park****Khlong Phanom National Park|Khlong Phanom national park*Kaeng Krung National Park|Kaeng Krung national park*Than Sadet-Ko Pha-Ngan National Park|Than Sadet-Ko Pha-Ngan marine national park*TaiRomYen National Park|Tai Rom Yen National Parkthe wildlife sanctuaries Khlong Phraya Wildlife Sanctuary|Khlong Phraya, Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary|Khlong Saeng and Khlong Yan Wildlife Sanctuary|Khlong Yan. The Hat Khanom - Mu Ko Thale Tai National Park|Hat Khanom - Mu Ko Thale Tai, which will contain a few small island south of Ko Samui, is currently in process of creation.The main rivers of the Surat Thani province are Tapi River and Phum Duang River, which join at the town Tha Kham shortly before they drain into the Bandon Bay. The delta of these rivers, locally known as Nai Bang (?????), is located directly north of the city Surat Thani|Surat Thani Province. It consists of several channels with small islands mostly covered by mangrove or orchards.Though large it has a heigh density of 7-Elevens and so on. There are many Thai temples and chinese tempels. There are also many good restaurants bars walk street in this city which normally go unnoticed by foreign visitors.A good, fairly indepth map of the city centre can be found
http://www.tourismthailand.org/ajaxengine/upload/mod_map/12/img_file/img_0dbc7bfde220a6a964050911632523f3.jpg here at the Tourism Thailand webpage. http://wikitravel.org/en/Surat Thani