text: [{"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "Aranyaprathet to BangkokAranyaprathet to Nakhon Sawan"}, {"text_idx": "#000036", "text": "Nakhon Pathom to Hua Hin"}, {"text_idx": "#000041", "text": "Nan to BangkokNan to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000042", "text": "Nong Bua Lamphu to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000046", "text": "Phrae to BangkokPhrae to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000048", "text": "Ranong to BangkokRanong to Phuket"}, {"text_idx": "#000053", "text": "Songkhla to Nakhon Si Thammarat"}, {"text_idx": "#000054", "text": "Sukhothai to KalasinSukhothai to Khon Kaen"}, {"text_idx": "#000057", "text": "Trang to BangkokTrang to Phuket"}, {"text_idx": "#000077", "text": "Koh Yao Yai to Langkawi"}, {"text_idx": "#000079", "text": "Pak Bara Pier to Koh Lipe"}, {"text_idx": "#000080", "text": "Pattaya to Hua Hin Ferry"}, {"text_idx": "#000084", "text": "Trat Airport to Koh Kood"}, {"text_idx": "#000089", "text": "Nakhon Si Thammarat to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000091", "text": "Phitsanulok to BangkokPhitsanulok to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000092", "text": "Prachuap Khiri Khan to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000094", "text": "Trang to BangkokTrang to Hua Hin"}, {"text_idx": "#000102", "text": "Hua Hin to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)"}, {"text_idx": "#000115", "text": "Joint bus and ferry services to Koh Samui depart from a variety of different locations in Phuket depending upon who you travel with including the island\u2019s main public bus station, Phuket Bus Terminal 2."}, {"text_idx": "#000116", "text": "Joint bus and ferry services from Phuket arrive into a number of different ferry piers on Koh Samui depending upon whom you travel with. The service provided by the Phantip travel company arrives into Koh samui at Nathon Ferry Pier 3."}, {"text_idx": "#000118", "text": "Wat Phra Yai, also known as Big Buddha temple, is one of the most distinctive landmarks in Koh Samui. If you arrive by plane into Koh Samui Airport or by ferry into Bangrak Seatran Ferry Pier the temple\u2019s 12 metre high Buddha statue on a small hill will one of the first things you see as you near the island and it has formed lasting impression on many people over the years as they arrive in Koh Samui for the first time. It is also well worth going to the temple itself to see the statue up close as well as the views from the platform where the statue sits."}, {"text_idx": "#000119", "text": "Wat Phra Yai in Koh Samui"}, {"text_idx": "#000120", "text": "Wat Phra Yai is located on a small island, Koh Fan, which has been joined to the mainland by a man made cause way making it easy to access the temple. The statue itself was built in 1972 with the wheel behind the image of the Lord Buddha added in 2012. To reach the statue visitors need to ascend a long staircase which has a balustrade on each side shaped like the mythical Naga, which resembles a large serpent and according to legend comes to earth from a spiritual realm. It is free to enter the temple although donations are appreciated as they fund the maintenance of the site. Near the entrance to the temple there toilets, as well as lots of restaurants and souvenir shops. There are also lots of taxis which wait for passengers near the entrance to the temple."}]