Chaweng Beach Ko Samui

After several grueling busrides from Northern Thailand to Central Thailand, we were in need of a break from long journeys. We decided to fly to the south east island of Ko Samui. Rather than a 12 hour busride and 2 hour boatride, it only took an hour flight to Ko Samui from Bangkok. About 7 years ago, I spent only one day here in Ko Samui and had …

We got up and were feeling so well rested as we had slept for a million hours because of the travel coma (see previous day's blog). We went for breakfast which was lovely as it was on the beach front. We had bacon, eggs, toast, pancakes, fruit and tea. The breakfast was simple yet enjoyable as the ocean is very calm where we are (Bophut Beach, Koh …

We got up at 9 o'clock after having a few drinks the night before and going to bed quite late. We headed down to breakfast and today we had rice, chicken and vegetables in oyster sauce, toast, egg, coffee and bacon. After breakfast we headed off to pick up our freshly washed and ironed clothes. We picked up a couple of sweet potato fried balls and …

Tonight is our third night in Koh Samui and we are consciously planning an early night after the action filled start to our trip to our 9 days in this gorgeous tropical Island paradise. We have had far more fun than I was expecting after our near-terrifying landing on Tuesday afternoon in rain, thunder and crazy turbulence. After landing we settled …

Since arriving in Koh Samui 8 days ago we have seen almost every attraction worth seeing during the Low season. A high season visit to Koh Samui would be dominated by snorkelling and scuba diving so we have probably seen more on this trip that we would have during a high season visit. As an added bonus the weather has been fantastic! Cool, sunny …

After the long and awful journey yesterday we decided to spend the day on the beach. It was a beautiful sunny day and very hot. So hot that Craig caught the sun a little on his right shoulder, and shins , and shoulders, and chest, and tummy.

A rain shower forced us back to the hotel room for a few hours, but just long enough to play Uno …

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Well we got up bright and early this morning, at 6:00 a.m, as we were expecting to be picked up for a tour. So at 8:00. when our ride had not yet arrived, I went down to the front and had them call the company, only to find out that they had no record of us. Hey! No worries right. I Love mornings!

Since we were up, we …

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Today was another relaxing day, in fact we all slept in and actually missed our free breakfast. Not really sure how that happened, but we did get into some t.v. last night and stayed up a lot later than usual.

So we ended up staying at the resort doing a whole lot of nothing, until about 3:30 pm. We then hopped on our …

Aujourd'hui nous nous sommes réveillés à environ 9h du matin. Nous avons allé manger notre déjeuner, et mes parents ont allé à une présentation timeshare, pour que nous peuvent aller sur une activité sans charge. Nous avons sauvée 150$+ juste parce que mes parents on rester et écouter une présentation pour 90 minutes. Quand mes parents on revenue, …

Today we woke up at 6 AM because we were being picked up by our shuttle driver to go do an Ocean Safari Tour. After getting ready, having a small bite to eat, I felt horrible because I didn't get much sleep, and I do not like 6 AM. At around 7 AM, when our tour was supposed to pick us up, we were all waiting ready for the call to our room. Time …

... terrible, neither of us could sleep, it was hot, noisy and we were dehydrated. Must be getting old since one big night out these days means one whole day wasted the next! I've put some pictures up of our Chaweng beach since the others were at ...

... remember because I slept for the entire 2-hour trip. We had a vague idea of where we wanted to stay on Samui, so we took a minivan to Chaweng Beach, because it's got the most going on around it, and it has a large variety of accommodation options. ...

... Next stop was Big Buddha. Yes you've guessed it - a temple with a huge 12 metre golden sitting Buddha. Then onto the lively Chaweng beach where most of the tourists to this island seem to end up. This place was heaving with people and reminded me why ...

Feeling much better today Neil and I got in our taxi and headed to Ko Samui. Ko Samui is on the other side of Thailand to Ko Lanta so we had to get a boat first to the mainland, then a bus to Surat Thani and then another boat to Ko Samui. Ko Samui was ...

... . The bungalow, called Wishes Bungalow, is situated on Hat Lamai beach... the second major beach in Koh Samui. I am so glad I didn't stay on Chaweng beach... fully of 5 star resorts and manicured, toffee nosed platinum card users. Hat Lamai is geared to ...

... . Once we got to Ko Samui we walked along the most touristy beach we'd been to to find accomodation. We eventually found a room on Chaweng Beach with 2 single beds and they let all 4 of us stay in the same room which had been a problem in all the other ...

... for it we jumped on the back of the pick up truck he was on since he also was heading to Chaweng beach (basically the most touristy part of Koh Samui where everyone goes). On the way we made friends with two Israelies that we thought were a couple but ...

... . In fact, just a bit hot during mid-day, which is why today we are writing emails at 3pm. Headed over to Chaweng Beach, which is the main beach, yesterday. Hugely developed comparitively and the beach is packed. Its like its a different island compared ...

... a rock penis in Thailand! He ;loved that rock penis...so cute!" That night, Jamo and I go out to the big party scene, Chaweng Beach, but I didn't like it so much; very touristy and too much like Phuket, crowded, noisy, and with dirty girls hassling you ...

... så har vi holdt oss på hotellrommet. Vi har blant annet pakket klar sekkene våre til avreise mot Bangkok imorgen ettermiddag. Turen fra Ko Samui til Bangkok vil ta totalt 14 timer og solide 11 av de timene skal vi tilbringe på en buss, men ikke en ...