Ko Samui, Thailand Travel Blogs

Ko Samui
Jun 8, 2008 (7 photos)

... a resturant called Harrys. She had been living on the island for the last 30 years but she hates the place now. It seems that Ko Samui underwent massive development in the last ten years to turn it into what is now. It is not cheap either. Also, if ...

Follow The Sun...
Aug 25, 2004 (2 photos)

... a quiet area, and after spending ten minutes driving down a dirt track, I knew it was going to be quiet! I had the impression that Ko Samui was overdeveloped, but this looked nice. My Bungalow was not directly on the beach, I had to walk all of 20 yards ...

Day 85: Corona Commercial Moments
Aug 14, 2008 (14 photos)

... where they are going. We were both pretty tired but resolved to press on with sightseeing and not waste any time napping. Ko Samui possessed only a fraction of Ko Phi Phi's beauty but was much larger and better developed, meaning there were roads, meaning ...

Day 111
Jan 3, 2007 (5 photos)

... never fished before but fancied giving it a go so we all headed over there. It was a good hour drive again reminding me how big Ko Samui is. When we arrived I knew it was going to be a fun day. The place is really well managed with two lakes - one ...

Trip to Ko samui - Part 2 _ tour of the island!
Feb 14, 2006 (20 photos)

... doesnt rip you off is a taxi ride into town! So we left the hussle and bussle of Bangkok to take a tour down to ko samui,a tropical island in search of relaxation and sunshine! Only problem is that we have visited the island the only week in its ...

Ko Samui
Mar 18, 2008 (3 photos)

... we meet again in Beijing at least.  The ferry over lands me in what I can only compare to Cancun.  Samuiīs beach (Chaweng at least) has been ruined by tourism.  There are people EVERYWHERE, commercialization rears its ugly head in the form ...

Samui - chillin
Jul 14, 2006

... , John was a hell of a lot slower now! John and I added Paul (aka Lucky) to our travelling group and headed of to Ko Samui in search of some night life. Ko Samui was the original backpackers island and has been developed like crazy, indeed it is like a ...

Day 110
Jan 2, 2007 (2 photos)

Ooh I've got to stop drinking Thai whiskey! We didn't surface until 6pm and even had the guest house leaving notes on our door asking us to pay for tonight's accommodation in advance.  I went out with Neil for a bite to eat around 8pm, it was Pad ...

Island Paradise
Aug 28, 2007 (21 photos)

... DVD player. It's right near the best beach and only about a 15 min walk from the bars. Being so limited on time in Thailand, we can't really go too far. Which is a shame really! We've spent quite alot of time on Chaweng beach, which is absolutely ...

Beaches and Lunar based fun
Mar 19, 2009 (9 photos)

... a sleeper bus so we got an even worse nights sleep than on the Chinese buses! Never mind we were happy to be gone. We arrived on Ko Samui which is an island after the bus and maybe an hour and a half boat ride. The sun was rising while we were on the boat ...

Day 108
Dec 31, 2006

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 much ...

The Tsunami
Jan 3, 2005 (1 photos)

... I had considered for my vacation, washed away by a wave that would have topped the palm trees at the hotel where I was staying on Samui. Three stories. And I was dropped by a three-foot wave. It's too much to wrap my head around. A lot has been made of ...

Ah, Samui
Jan 4, 2005 (3 photos)

... ". When we finally leave the bar we pass a nearby ladyboy bar just as the show is getting started. Ladyboys are a fixture in Thailand, both culturally and as a major part of the sex industry. I don't know how it all goes down, these issues seeming to ...

Finally, somewhere with a nice beach!!
Jul 15, 2005 (4 photos)

... , which was a lifesaver just like in Chiang Mai. We had read that a lot of foreingers have accidents or are killed on Samui each year using mopeds. But we decided that they were just drunken idiots and we weren't. But in fairness the roads are pretty dodgy ...

Photo photo!
Sep 10, 2007 (12 photos)

Just Photos! Written blog is in the next entry.

Tropical Paradise continued...
Apr 30, 2008

... quite a cultural mix up as usual!  Finally hit the bed at around 5am and woke up at 7 to catch our flight to Ko Samui...we are TIRED in a big way! Here are some of the latest pictures: (just click on the link) http://www.facebook.com/album ...

Really Sad to Leave Phuket
Jan 29, 2006 (10 photos)

... traveller's burnout... but I'm sure it's my desire to stay in Patong that is influencing my thoughts at the moment. Arriving in Ko Samui was amazing... the airport is an open layout of bungalows and open-air buildings. It is so laid back and informal. ...

Day 109
Jan 1, 2007 (11 photos)

New Year's Eve! Karen and Jim's hotel Montien House were having a gala evening with food and entertainment. It was a pricey do and Karen and Jim had to buy tickets as a condition of their room rental. The hotel management were happy to let Neil and I sit ...

Don't those b.st.rds....
Aug 16, 2008 (6 photos)

... do anything but eating and drinking? For daaaayyyys? But, of course we did: we were good costumers of the massage girls!!! I read your kinky mind: no! I mean: Thai massage, oil massage, pedicure, manicure, facial, ... . We had our drinks and ...

Onto Ko Samui....
Aug 26, 2006 (6 photos)

... any inclination to go down and join in the party! This morning we took the first ferry out of there to the island of Ko Samui, a pretty well known island that is very touristy in places. We decided the spend a few days in the quieter area called Big ...

Monkey business,hi-tech, French/Thai hotel,Italian
Aug 12, 2008 (15 photos)

... friends Where ARE we? On a Thai island: Ko(h) Samui or Samui: Koh means island in Thai. It is an island off the south, east coast and is the third largest island in Thailand, with an area of 229 kmē ...

First Night, Full Moon
Jan 2, 2005 (2 photos)

... Samui, the biggest, most touristy island in a chain that reaches out into the Gulf of Thailand. Only a dozen kilometres or so off the mainland, Samui's major beaches are packed with resorts and monied tourists. Not many shoestring travellers here. ...

Still on Samui
Aug 31, 2006 (3 photos)

This is our sixth night on Ko Samui, and we are still at Big Buddha Beach! Its ok here, we have nice accommodation, its comfortable and clean with a pool to swim in, there are good restaurants and things, but any trips and tours are so expensive here! On ...

Sight seeing Koh Samui
Aug 19, 2008 (24 photos)

We did the tour of the island in 1 day. A loooong day but it IS possible. Of course, we did not do everything but pretty much saw what we wanted. Highly recommended. The next day, we went diving to Koh Toa. It was OK. We are spoiled little brads ... . ...

Thailand's Third Largest Island
Apr 1, 2008 (7 photos)

Ko Samui is Thailand's third largest island and was probably first inhabited about 15 centuries ago, settled by fishermen from Malay Peninsula and Southern China. It appears on Chinese maps dating back to 1687, under the name Pulo Cornam. The name Samui ...

Not quite a desert island but quite nice still
Jun 25, 2004 (8 photos)

... is jolly nice. Pretty tidy bungalows on the beach with really nice landscaping. They really do go that extra mile in Thailand. And the beach is golden, plam-tree-fringed (watch out for falling coconuts...) and deserted, which really surprised me. Marianne ...

It's all good fun
Dec 7, 2004 (15 photos)

... tonight we are all meeting up at 8pm to see some Thai Boxing in Chaweng Stadium :o) I feel alot more comfortable staying here in Ko Samui - there's alot of backpackers here and you meet new people each night and the food is good! You relax by day and do ...

Jet Ski's and Flu
Dec 12, 2004 (12 photos)

Hello everyone, thought I'd put finger to keyboard and tell you all what mischief I've been up to!! I think the photo's may tell you more than I can translate into words :o) This week I have fallen victim of to much late night drinking and skinny ...

XMAS and New Years Eve
Jan 1, 2005 (25 photos)

It's been along time since I recorded what I've been up to - to me it seems like years. I'm sure you are all aware of the Tsunami that hit devasted many countries which, to be honest set a depressive mood for New Years Eve - and several days after that. ...

A short stay in Ko Samui
Dec 21, 2006

... goes with it) we headed straight for the southern bus station where we caught an overnight bus to the island of Ko Samui on the east coast of Thailand.   On arrival at the Samui port, it's all very nice, and 'same same but different' (a Thai ...