Koh Samui
Travel Blogs from Koh Samui, Thailand
House hunting - "Thai style" vs. "Ex-pat style"
As much as I have enjoyed staying in this beautiful resort, it is definitely time for me to find my own place. I am lucky enough to have a friend that was able to take me around looking for places. This is when I learned the difference between "Tha" ...
I Love the Irish Even More
This'll be quick as it's finally some semblance of sunny out and I need to get some sun PRONTO... So two nights ago I went back down to the Irish pub, had some dinner at the bar and just kind of waited around to see who I could ...
Koh Samui
For our first few days in Koh Samui we stayed in a little area called 'Fisheman's Village', which is a quiet and quite upmarket area (not that we could afford it). It was around the time of the full moon party so it was basically all the older people and ...
Day 2 - Bangkok - Koh Samui
... sleeping on chairs since there was no point in leaving the airport cuz we planned on leaving in the morning. - I already had a ticket to Koh Samui, but the girls didn't. So we tried to get on the first flight to Koh Samui together. We were on ...
The beach.
... quite a while on Thong Nai Phan, so she knew where we were headed. After a beautifully smoothe and sunny crossing, we arrived on Koh Pha Ngan and got a song-tao (taxi-bus) to our destination. Because of the rainy season, the road was half washed away in ...
Koh Samui
After a very stop and start journey we finally made it to Koh Samui with Steve and Leah (the couple we had met in Phuket) in tow. We made it to our hostel and our second wooden hut of the week and then headed into town to explore. We woke up the next ...
Beach Paradise!
The south of Thailand is SOOO different from the north! Here they are very relaxed, as befits a beach & spa ...
Multi-Place Entry #1!!!!
... keep up, children. From Koh Phi Phi we took quite an uneventful bus and boat combo to the other coast, where we arrived at Koh Samui. After wandering Lamai Beach we decided on a nice little bungalow and went out to eat as we were both starving. Upon ...
Island of the coconut....we love yo-oh yes we do!!
... he kindly took us to a lovely beach bungalow resort where we stayed for a couple of nights then moved to somewhere cheaper. Koh Samui itself is very commercialised and much like any holiday resort anywhere else. It was great to have a wee holida after ...

