Koh Samui
Travel Blogs from Koh Samui, Thailand
More beach
... So, please don't worry everyone! Anyway, it certainly did not affect our plans to have a great time and Cheryl and I flew down to Koh Samui a couple of days ago: it's absolutely beautiful here. We're staying on quite a remote beach on the north of the ...
Island Hopping in the Gulf of Thailand
... an experience! The next day, we decided to leave the island and check out the final island of the group of three, Koh Samui. This is probably the most popular island of the three, but seeing as we had had so much fun on the other two, it ...
Trecking, Laos, Southern Thailand
... see the lucky Booda. I guess we were lucky! That night we took an overnight train south, with an ultimate destination of Koh Samui, a place with beautiful beaches, crystal clear water, yadda, yadda, yadda. Well, the overnight train absolutely sucked. No ...
Unexpected Stop!
... to new resort - 30 mins. Actual time of journey round and round the islands 4 hours. Bloody typical then! Not much to report in Koh Samui - rained all day, accommodation fair, very quiet. A little like Costa Del Sol before the season gets going. lots of ...
Koh Samui
Its a bit like Magaluf here but it will do for now. We have found a hut 10m from the beach a bit out of town so a good price. Lots of ladyboys here which is funny and lots to do day and night so happy here for a few days. Met some nice people ...
Samui!
In koh samui, the weather is shit but the full moon is tonight so all is good. Dont think much of Samui as first impressions go but im sure it will grow on ...
Round The Islands - Part 1c
Back on the ferry, heading to Krabi en-route to Samui, Graham was a little concerned about the weather for the 2 hour journey. He is very prone to sea-sickness if the wind gets above 4 knots and it was hitting 5 on this day. Graham has always been ...
Monkeying Around In Koh Samui
... stuck indoors I was keen to head out so I planned to do a island tour, visiting a few of the popular tourist spots on Koh Samui. Michelle came with me but Bowney wanted more sun so he headed off to the beach. Our first stop was Wat Leam Suwanaram, a ...
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Arrived in Thailand and headed straight for Koh Samui to lie on a beach and read for a week. Also went diving but apart from that did absolutley nothing of any note ...
Koh Samui
Hello People. We have spent 3 days on Koh Samui.... and it is quite a big island... i guess compared to koh tao and koh Phangan. We rented out a bike again for the day for 150 baht and cruised up to see the BIG BUDDHA which is a newish statue... ...
Santa Claus is Coming to Town!
... at the end of our stay, we will have to take the ferry back. Hopefully the seas will be calmer by then. Our stay in Koh Samui prior to the hideous ferry ride was dampened by the bad weather but we managed to read a lot and get ourselves that decadent ...
Easing into asia...Southern islands
... . From Koh Phi Phi we got a ferry, bus and another ferry and landed on the east coast island of Koh Samui. Its the second biggest island in Thailand, and just as busy as Phuket. We stayed in the main party area, Chaweng Beach in another nice place right ...
Beyond paradise.....
Well we survived our 16hour travel to Koh Samui from Chiang Mai - 2 flights, 1 bus, 1 boat and a taxi later we arrived last night into what can only be described as paradise!! Our last night in Chiang Mai was eventful - we saw a baby elephant roaming ...
Day 31, 32, 33 & 34 - Getting our Island on....
... cheap cheap and very flash... and the best food has generally come for the cheaper places. It is very touristy in Koh Samui and places seem to charge you an arm and a leg for very average food. Luckily we have had enough time here ...
Leaving Samui
... have taken me under their wing. Most are single travellers that have hooked up into one big group. They introduced me to a real Samui night out and i have discovered Sang Som Whisky buckets...which cost 150b, taste like vimto and before you know it the ...
Shopping
Koh Samui ist inzwischen noch mehr ausgebaut, noch mehr Resorts noch mehr Shops noch mehr krebsrote Pauschaltouristen. Nur schnell meine Besorgungen machen und schnell weg ...
This beach is rediculous
... home now. (after a bit more travelling around). Today and for the next couple of days we will try and catch this puppy up! Koh Samui. We took an island ferry from Koh Phangan to Koh Samui and had one impressive stay. This was one of my favorite stops ...
Scootering around
After the bus a quick stop for breakfast, a minivan ride, a ferry and another minivan ride, we finally arrived at Koh Samui around midday. It was a beautiful island and we couldn't wait to get our swimmers on and jump in the sea. The next few days ...
Paradise or what!!!
... for the delay in updating just been so busy with stuff I haven't had a chance. But here I am now. So my flight to Koh Samui was delayed by 3 hours but it gave me a chance to update the entries with some photos hope you've all gone back to have a ...
Another good beach
Arrived in Samui and decided to head for the Mae Nam area , we didnt book anywhere to stay before hand as we thought we would just have a walk and find somewhere no problem ,, anyway all the places we fancied were full ,,, typical , we managed to get a ...
thip tara resort
... no resturant but we could eat at maenam. we stayed here over new years, wow what a experience, new years eve fireworks on samui was crazy, every one was setting them off on the beach, loads of chinese lanterns floating up with peoples wishes on them, ...
Koh Samui
Next island on the list is Koh Samui, Chaweng Beach on the east coast to be exact. The biggest of the islands, although, according to a taxi driver, only 40-50 people here are official residents. This makes sense when you encounter the amount of tourists ...
a little "operation Koh Samui"
... , amazing green water that is just the right temperature. Maybe I'm just a sucker for beaches, but this is definitely the highlight of Thailand so far. We're staying at this cool place called Ark Bar, which is right on the beach and reminds me a lot of ...
Koh samui
Ok so we hop back on the boat for an hour or so and reach another small Island in Thailand Caslled Koh Samui Some of the guys that we met at our other resort recommended a place to stay call Lumai 99. Waiting for us at the docks were herds of taxi drivers ...
Bangkok to Koh Phangan
Went to the Royal Palace today, then chilled out in the hotel restaurant for the afternoon before heading to the station to catch the overnight train to Surat Thani and then the ferry to Koh ...
towards the islands : Koh Samui
I had excpected that Koh Samui would be a sort of Benidorm, in the Valencian coast, in Spain (or for that matter, like Nah Trang, in Vietnam), but it happened to be better than I had expected! I picked Till up from the airport and spent a night in a ...
Starten paa to gode uger med venner hjemmefra
... vaeret indtil videre, og man kan ikke ligefrem sige at det fik os til at juble. Heldigvis havde vi kontakt til an Couch Surfer paa Koh Samui, og moedtes med ham saa snart vi var ankommet til byen Mae Nam, hvor han boede. Stranden her strakte sig langt og ...
Samui
Yes! We have finally hit the Islands for some sun, sea and relaxtion! We stayed in a little beach hut and did nothing! An odd game of Frisbie, read a book, had a little swim or two and just relaxed. Not much to say really but i ...
Sanuuk Muk Muk
... to help us find accommodation we were happy with, without increasing his agreed-upon price. On the other hand, taxis on Koh Samui are really expensive – it seems it costs you 300 baht to go the shortest distance. The local airport is great ...

