Koh Samui
Travel Blogs from Koh Samui, Thailand
Business Class, and the Mystery of the Open Bag???
Hi Everyone, We have arrived in Koh Samui, after some eventful travel, which you can read about below. We are here till the middle of next week, and then go on to Bangkok, at which time we have about 50 hours until we will be home....a rather daunting ...
priceless
We found this in a samui magazine, some stories are priceless! IF I WHERE A RICH MAN A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village, a tourist complimented the mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. "not very ...
blessing
Hello. Today we visited the Big Buddha temple again! We were lucky enough to have a special blessing by a monk. We knelt in front of him and he splashed magic water over us and chanted a mantra, then said "I bless you both on your travels" “I ...
Relaxation and a full moon
... stacks that actually blocked the sun with their fumes and sitting in the back of a pick-up truck is an adventure in breathing. Koh Samui is beautiful, none the less. The islands in Thailand remind me of Kauai (Hawaii), with wild dogs and roosters ...
Island hopping
We headed south to spend the last few days of our tour exploring some of the islands of Thailand. Our first stop was Koh Samui, where we spent a day hanging out on the beach and sipping drinks out of pineapples. Next we headed to Koh Tao, where, again, ...
Ban Nathon
... what they have. Theyve got a walking street here, which is set up with rows of stalls and things for shopping. We bought some Thailand coffee mats the other night with an elephant statue holder. Last night we had dinner on the beach where they had ...
Time to chill out on the beach
... luckily for us we had a few Mancs on with us! After a 3 hour journey we arrived at the ferry terminal to catch the boat to Koh Samui. The boat took around an hour and a half, upon arrival we bartered with a tuk tuk driver to get him down to £1 each for ...
Sun, sea, sand and sick!
... the arrow and came to a small bungalow with a few shelves of books. The place was run by a Liverpudlian man who lives here in Koh Samui and this seems to be his business, although I have no idea how he could possibly make a living as it's off the track ...
Brief stop in Samui
After another quick flight, we arrived in Koh Samui, maybe the only pace with an out door airport! Baggage reclaim, arrivals, departures everything was outdoor! Off we toddled in the rain, again to possibly the most deserted place in Samui. No body was ...
Adventures in Koh Samui!!!
... floor one in the morning! And then you won't believe it...we were due to leave for Koh Tao, another small island off Koh Samui for 3 days tomorrow. When we met with the transfer agent they told us that the company that Flight Centre had booked it ...
the eastern islands
... my gear. i was petrified but all i could think to do was to jump up and down like a nob and make loads of noise. it worked anyway but the next day i moved into a safer room with my next door neighbour, a lass called sarah who was in thailand ...
Koh Tao - where people get stuck
Hey guys, apologies for not writing for a while but have been very busy, (hard to believe hey, but honestly I have). We left Koh Samui on the 27th of Feb by shuttle ferry and headed over to Koh Tao, where we were to be doing our SCUBA course. on the ferry ...
Ankunft in der Inselwelt
Endlich auf Koh Samui angekommen ging die Suche weiter, nach einer passenden Unterkunft. Durch pures Glück fanden wir Bungalows die gerade renoviert wurden. Da das Hotel eh keine Gäste bei dem „Lärm" erwarten konnte, gab uns die Managerin für ...
Ikävää
... on kuulemma helpottunut huomattavasti viime vuosien kovan työn tuloksena. Tätä työtä on tehnyt uutterasti Dog Rescue Center Samui (DRCS). Seurasimme yhden päivän ajan DRCS:n työtä ja yritimme autella kykyjemme mukaan koirien ja kissojen ...
Busin' and boatin' it
... ;to our little shed that had no hot water or aircon.We also met up with Claire and Phil and some other boys from Bwood. Koh Tao is a beautiful little place and if it wasn't for the excessive amount of mopeds i might go as far a calling it paradise. ...
Shhhh
Shhhh. Don't bother us we are on our honeymoon. ☺ We have come to a small island 21 sq. km. to dive, to chill out, to become beach ...
koh pha ngan - the deserted party island
hello everyone, mel here first of all........ the temperature here is getting hotter and hotter and i am boiling over, and fed up of my being only beige next to jose's poo brown colour :( my skin just don't like the sun ... we left our orid\ginal hotel ...
Fun in the sun...
... many thousands of kilometres later we eventually found ourselves in our hotel at Bophut fishing village on the north coast of Koh Samui... Thailand was our obligatory stopover in Asia required for our cheap round-the-world ticket, and as it is ...
Living the Dream 5 star style
We have just had the most relaxing and wonderful 10 days on Koh Samui courtesy of the parents. We have stayed at the Renaisance near Lamai beach. It was really secluded and quiet, with a huge comfy bed. I haven't slept so well since we left in April. ...
Tales of a Thai Christmas: Bliss and Chickenpox
... , we arrived at a secluded bay with a great big beach. It was gorgeous and almost empty compared to the beaches on Koh Samui. (A great place to celebrate our 5th anniversary!) Once again we ate barbecue dinner on the beach, swam in the ...
Koh Samui: Beaches and Bikes
... few skidding stops and close encounters he had the hang of it. I would definitely recommend this method of travel to anyone visiting Koh Samui- it is the best way to see the island at your leisure and go beyond the more common destinations. We drove ...
oh F#^% You Son of a B%#@%
... and ligs intact. So am in a cast for probably 6 weeks on auxillary crutches, they dont have any elbow crutches in thailand. Absolutely fucked off to the Max. have gotten in with an unbelievably great bunch of lads from galway so they are taking good ...
Time to move to the next island
... bus" to Krabi Town (more like a shuttle truck) there was a minibus to Don Suak and a ferry ride before I finally arrived on Koh Samui. The next task was to get to the other side of the island where the better beaches are. In organising this I almost ...
Koh Samui: The Journey Continues
Day 3 in Koh Samui and we decided to do something a little more adventurous! We booked a place in a tour heading to Anthong National Park and headed out at 7am that morning... We were picked up in a mini van and taken to a verandah where about 15-20 other ...
Arrived in Koh Samui
... to get the hell out of Bangkok. We did some rapid island hoping taking in Koh Phi Phi and Koh Phangan and have now been in Koh Samui for a few days. Its just been a matter of relaxing and taking in a few rays - a little too many judging by the red ...

