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Ko Samui Slideshow
Ko Samui
Travel Blogs from Ko Samui, Thailand
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 ...
Coconut Islands
... in Surat Thani at 5.30 and then boarded a bus for the 3 hour journey to the port where we then caught the ferry across to Ko Samui. It was great sailing across a very blue sea. When we arrived on the island all you could see was emerald sea ...
Time to chill out on the beach
... 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 the 30km ...
Sun, sea, sand and sick!
... but to no avail as he launched into conversation 2 (holding my change so I couldn't leave.... devious bastard) Conversation 2 - Thailand's election "Do you know the election is coming up tomorrow?" "Yes, it's been all over the news, and ...
Journey to the Island of 7-11
... same type of pickup truck as before) that took us to a bus station. The bus took us to a ferry to an island called Ko Samui. On the island, a taxi truck took us to Lamai. The book had described Lamai as a town on Samui that was less developed and ...
The quest for Speedos!
Today we traversed the streets of Lamai in search of fantastically neon speedos to aid swimming performance. ...
Day 9 Ko Samui, Lamai
... we can see the giant sea turtles. Not planning to stay on this island much longer I think, ready to move on. Will probably go to Ko Pha Ngan (pronounced Ko pang yang) next which is only 30 minutes ferry crossing. Apparantly this island is quieter, the ...
Sun, Sea, Sand and Singha!
... to a guest house on the Khao San Road our sole mission was to find a decent travel agent and book our ticket out of Bangkok to Ko Samui. Due to our budget flying was not an option, so unfortunately we had to brave a 14 hour coach and boat journey. Imagine ...
Ko Samui too touristy but stunning beaches
Well my travels have now taken me now over to the Eastern side of Thailand to the island of Ko Samui. Was sad to say goodbye to Ko Phi Phi on Monday, really enjoyed my stay there and will defiantly return one day. Took the morning ferry across to the ...
Brief stop in Samui
... 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 around, hotels we're like ghost towns. Different to the usual Vulchers you meet when you arrive in ...
Day 26 Thailand - Ko Samui
Today is a day of relaxation, beach, massages and good food. Well for Breakie we went in search of the pancake man but it seems he is nocturnal as we only ever see them at night. Feeling our tummy's grumble we looked around in search of food only to be ...
Back to gorgeous Ko Samui
I made it rain. After flying in from Bangkok to Ko Samui (the world's friendliest airport by the way: plants, orchids and ponds replacing anything resembling passport control and customs) then travelling the twenty minutes to the luxurious hotel, I had ...
through the eye of a needle
joy and i decended on a well deserved sunny break in koh samui,after braving all the perils of bangkok! which i have to admit wasnt as nice as kuala lumper. I was excited landing at this quaint little airport and thought it was going to be paradise, the ...
Its a hard life...
Today we had a really stressful day on Ko Samui ( sorry I am only joking), well we deserve a bit of a relax. We got up late and then strolled down to the beach and had a swim and relax on the beach. The beach where we were staying on Ko Samui was one ...
Lazy Days, Crazy Ways!
... Thailand) before our visas run out. Here we hope to do a 3 day jungle trek and meet some of the Thai hill tribes. We left Ko Samui on Friday - managed to book a trip back to Bangkok the same day. The trip was an absolute nightmare - we thought at one ...
Koh Tao - where people get stuck
... couldn't be possible as its just an island, and so far haven't seen anything that has made me want to extend my stay in Thailand thus far (I have since delayed my flights twice to stay on longer and am still here over a week more than planned). Koh Tao ...
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 ...
Operation Ko Samui
Charlie and I decided to try and find some natural beauty in Thailand. We had heard the best beaches were at Ko Samui. So we bought a cheap flight to the small island off the coast of Thailand. We arrived at the cutest airport I have ever seen. It was ...
Busin' and boatin' it
Hello everyone - hope all is well back in snowy England. We've had a full packed last few days. We set off from Bangkok to meet up with Sam and Lisa on the beautiful Island of Koh Tao. After 10 hours on a night bus and 2 hours on a rough sea crossing we ...
Kakerlakk og Thai Boxing
... i aldersklassen. Det var alt i alt 6 kamper og den siste kampen var selvfølgelig hovedkampen og den stod mellom en fra Thailand og en fra England. Selv om dette var hovedkampen var den ikke særlig spennende, han engelske slo ut han Thailandske etter ...
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 ...
For All the Ladyboy Lovers!
So here it is...the one you've all been waiting for...the one where we go see ladyboys lol Wednesday 23rd January Spent a lazy afternoon on the beach catching those ever precious sunrays and fighting off those peddling pests! I swear, there are ...
Vive les maries
... Par une belle journee ensoleille, comme dans les contes de fee, nous avons unis notre destinee sur les plages magnifique de l ile de Koh Samui, en gougounne et en robe courte (short pour JS). Bouteille de vin a la main, eau turquoise a perte de vue, pour ...
Fun in the sun...
... 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 meant to ...
Elephant Rides and Monkey Shows
Headed off today on a 1/2 day tour around the island. First stop was the monkey show. The locals train the monkeys to climb and pick the coconuts off the trees. I had a baby monkey climb on my shoulder and play with my bracelet. ...
Ko Samui
... wishing we had went to the Swing Bar instead - a bar where all the bar stools are swings! Awesome. The best bit about Ko Samui for us, was the day trip we took to the Ao Ngong islands - the marine conservation islands which inspired Alex Garmonds book ...