Mai Samui Resort & Spa Ko Samui

Travel Blogs from Ko Samui

Day 5

A travel blog entry by sdennis99

Early trek through rain forest, surrounded by amazing scenery! Stopped half way and went into a cave with bats and spiders! Hmmm not sure I loved that, especially the smell! Back to camp, checked out, then the trek back to land, two hour drive (just me, travel snob) and then onto the ferry to Ko Samui. Feeling very tired now, but the hotel is …

Exploring Angthong National Marine Park

A travel blog entry by riverskater

... tail boat tourists are put into "sardine mode", wedging four people into each and every row. At the island we gratefully unloaded from the boat, finally have some space.

The Angthong National Marine Park has 40 islands, and we were at one named "Ta-Le Nai" which means sleepy island. The island is called this because unlike the other islands it has a hotel which one can stay and sleep overnight on. During our stay on sleepy island we did ...

Island time!

A travel blog entry by jasonandjamie

This is a top pick!

... to stay at this first place for 3 nights and then move to another guest house (the one we wanted originally but was full for the first three nights). We rented a bike and did the move a km down the road to the next place one bag at a time. This bungalow was also basic as can be, but was actually sitting on the beach. Hammocks everywhere strung up between the trees and on our balcony. It was pretty spectacular. A lot of swinging and book reading was done, interspersed ...

Choeng Mon

A travel blog entry by alexndean

Another lazy day – although today we did actually manage to leave the villa. We took a trip to Choeng Mon - a small bay with everything you would expect: white sand, blue-green water, coconut palms, verdant isle a kilometre out, the usual.

The day mainly consisted of sitting on a sun lounger with the odd dip in the warm shallow water – you can walk out ...

Chillin' in our beach bungalow crib

A travel blog entry by jenandgreg

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The next day we headed to Haad Rin beach. This is where all the young'uns go for the full moon parties and although it was definitely busier than Haad Yao, it was still fairly quiet. We noticed that the number of posers was much greater here what with topless woman and buff men with their abs out playing volleyball. Greg and Dale had a good laugh at the two guys who were engaging in some 'stand up sunbathing' - they looked ridiculous! On the plus side, there ...