Koh Samui, Thailand Travel Blogs

Arrived in Thailand
Aug 7, 2003

... to Tanee Villas where I have checked into a rather nice (and very new looking) bungalow for 200B a night. So there you have it - from the busy metropolis of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to a quiet beach on Koh Samui in Thailand - in about forty four hours.

More teaching and Bull Riding
Apr 23, 2006 (13 photos)

Another week and life is not the most exciting to talk about. More and more grammar, phonics (agggghh). Rode the bull again on Friday night down at solos, and got 41 seconds, next week, I'll try and get the picture. in my teaching practice this week, got ...

The Beach
Jun 3, 2004 (8 photos)

... back up though Lamai town which was a typical tourist town filled with restaurants and tailor shops. 5,000 expats live in Koh Samui and a huge majority are Western men living with their Thai girlfriends so many of the restaurants were Western including a ...

Just the two of us!
May 15, 2006 (8 photos)

... kidding, old friend on Koh Tao, and more diving. Miss everyone, apart from the bastards that support Liverpool. 1 finger firmly raised. Samui is gone, but not forgotten. Hope your scars are healing mark. Pictures to be uploaded in the near ish future

The Enema Within
Mar 13, 2004 (12 photos)

... for nature to take its course, with laxative tea having no effect. We'll keep you updated on (bowel) movements. Two weeks on Koh Samui and we were well and truly ready to head for the quieter, less developed island of Ko Lanta off the west coast of ...

WAT A LOT OF BHUDDAS !
Sep 17, 2002 (7 photos)

... convince us that the weather was not actually going to improve and so we went back to Ao Nang and bought tickets to take us to Koh Samui (an island on the East coast). The perceived widom being that if it is wet on the East coast it will be dry on the ...

Island Hopping in Thailand
Jul 17, 2006 (27 photos)

... . Well, we haven't really done anything since Egypt to deserve another beach vacation, but we got one anyways! Coming into Thailand by overnight train, we also had to take an overnight boat from the mainland to the islands in the Gulf of Thailand ...

Lazy Days
Sep 4, 2004

... Time for some beach and nightlife now though, as I've just been too tired for the past week, and so to Chaeweng Beach, Koh Samui's premier beach. In a word, dissapointing - nice enough beach, and very long, but very thin, and very busy. Main street is ...

Final Leg
Apr 30, 2006 (17 photos)

One more week on the island, and finished all my teaching practices, with an A and an A-, which I'm really pleased about, just the final grammar exam on Tuesday to worry about. Kate will be here on Tuesday, which is something to look forward to, and then ...

Chapter 42: "All these places feel like home..."
Jun 25, 2004 (8 photos)

... it's ever buried deeply). Bonus points if you can name the tune! I'm now on the beautiful tropical island of Koh Samui in the Gulf of Thailand, and this entry should be (relatively) short for two reasons: A) internet is expensive here, and B) I'm running ...

Reunited
May 3, 2006 (38 photos)

... calls. Got our final grades on Thursday, a low A mark for me, pretty happy about it. Plans are changing constantly, but Samui has really sapped my money, so need to get somewhere cheaper in the near future. Hair cut yesterday, poker night last night, ...

Price Hikes and lonesome nights
Mar 26, 2006

Lonely, i travel across to Bangkok, and then down on a 16 hour bus and boat ride to Koh Samui. The bus was only half full, which allowed me to stretch out, and get a pretty good night sleep. That was after 3 of the worst films of all time, transporter 2, ...

Panic, sweat and joy!
Apr 2, 2006

A week of the course has passed, and I've settled into a life on Koh Samui. My hut is a sweat box, with a dodgy fan, for studying and preparing for lessons, it's a no go. On Monday morning I met the rest of our class, there are seven of us in total, 4 ...

I'm a teacher?
Apr 18, 2006 (6 photos)

... last, went to see some drum and bass in the green mango (big party place, and many lady bars if that's your thing) area of Koh Sumui. The place gets packed, the gut djing was from full cycle, and I got blisters on my feet, couldn't walk the next day, and ...

Funky moped
Aug 9, 2003

... along the beach front I had seen pretty much all there was on Bo Phut so I rented a moped to see a bit more of Thailand's third largest island. At 150B for 24 hours rental this is the cheapest and most practical way to get around as there are no buses. ...

To Samui with My Big Brother
May 13, 2007 (73 photos)

... , who cares.  That's how it is. So I met my brother at the airport at midnight, and we had a flight scheduled to Koh Samui at 7 a.m. the next day.  Still, since we had a hotel room (Lindsey was staying in Bangkok to let us have some brotherly ...

Koh samui we flew from chiang mai to ...
Oct 20, 2001

... has risen, but so have the prices. We settled for O.P. Bungalow's fixed price 700 Baht ($17) with A/C. Highlights of Koh Samui: - Reggae Pub We followed the sounds of Bob Marley to "The Reggae Pub", a huge nightclub with open air dance floor. ...

Island Paradise
Mar 17, 2003 (19 photos)

Well it's been almost 3 weeks of fun in the sun and it ain't letting up just yet. Our "deluxe" bungalow at Samui Island Resort didn't quite turn out as expected but the fact that the place is right on the beach, has a pool and is in the quieter part of ...

Koh Samui - Complete Relaxation
Sep 15, 2003 (4 photos)

... Koh Samui and were sorry to have to leave after our four night stay which seemed to go really quickly. Having arrived at Koh Samui airport at around 11am, we were whisked straight through the various pre-boarding stations, but just had time to notice ...

Massage and not much else
Oct 19, 2004 (2 photos)

... , health care, food, and other such very exciting things. We decided to start with the health bit and booked into a health spa on Koh Samui, in actual fact it was the one featured on the TV that Richard Blackwood, Kim Wilde and co visited. On offer to ...

Post New Year R & R
Jan 6, 2008 (21 photos)

After the new year craziness of Koh Phangan, I decided to head to the the island next door...Koh Samui...to relax, rent a motorbike, and have a look around.  All my friends have returned to Phuket so I am on my own again which is fine.  ...

Island livin
Oct 13, 2005 (9 photos)

... carrying our packs weighing in at 45kg total. After being advised not to venture up to the resort by the hotel desk at Koh Samui airport (see attached picture of Carlsburg International) because it was dark and access up to the resort is normally left to ...

Samui in the morning
Nov 24, 2004 (1 photos)

... more than what we expected, and we stayed for five days, even though it was quite expensive. Koh Phangan turned out to be our favourite place in Thailand, we loved its laid back atmosphere and the fact that while seven to ten thousand people pack onto it ...

Koh Samui in general
Apr 14, 2006 (14 photos)

Some general photos of things going on around the island

Back to Samui, discovery of a seafood BBQ!!
Dec 7, 2004 (3 photos)

On our way back to Bangkok, we stayed a few nights on Koh Samui. Koh Samui is a beautiful island an hour boat trip from Koh Phangan, the stepping-stone between Phangan and the mainland. Called the "Jewel" of Thailand, I can imagine it was much nicer twenty ...

Koh Samui: Beach Volleyball
May 28, 2007 (3 photos)

... not getting a suit made in Bangkok or China, so I was determined to get a good deal before we left. Fortunately for me, Koh Samui has tailor shops ALL over the place as well - just like Bangkok. We stopped in at the place across the street yesterday, and ...

Koh Samui: Elephant and snorkeling adventure
May 29, 2007 (26 photos)

5-29-07   Andrea: This morning we woke up bright and early to get ready for our tour of the island. First stop was across the street to pick up some much needed mosquito repellent (the tour was in the middle of a jungle....). While browsing around ...

Water fights, splashing, getting soaked
Apr 13, 2006 (5 photos)

... good Thai humour is totally infectious. Anyway, I had to brave it on the motorbike to get my ferry ticket in the town, leaving for Koh Samui on the 4.30 ferry, since my sister was arriving there at 5.30 pm. No sooner had I dried out on the ferry ride, ...

Sick in Koh Samui
May 30, 2007

... swim in and was quite cool (not HOT like on our beach). We also happened to be in the area where the nicest hotels in Koh Samui are.....way out of our price range, but we climbed into their beach chairs trying to act like we were staying there! Of course, ...

From Island to Mainland
Mar 21, 2003

... for the future, I will save money before my Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam trek, then do a bit more island hopping on my return to Thailand including a dive course, which I am looking forward to, even though I don't like fish! So, I decided to book the VIP bus ...