Thai Ayodhya Villas and Spa Ko Samui

we finally met up with gav and ger in bangkok and after a night on the beer we set off for the southern gulf coast islands. on arrival at ko samui airport i think we were all pretty impressed. after the gloom of bangkok we were greeted by the sun splitting the sky around a tiny, straw roof airport like something out of a movie! paying close attention to our guide books, we headed to the quieter side of the island, but on reflection we ...

... and surf. However, Jackie and I visited some nearby islands of the marine park and did some kayaking. We also spent many hours lounging on the beach and reading -- me under an umbrella and Jackie out in the sun, acquiring a tan to rival even the ruddiest of Thais. Hopefully Jacquelyn and Jeremy had a memorable last sojourn in Thailand.

... next four nights. Strapping on our bags we walked the last 100 yards to our destination.

We found the front desk (also the bar, restaurant, library, etc.) and I started to check in. It was around 1:00 and neither of us had eaten anything of substance all day. Elizabeth took matters into her own hands and politely asked for a menu, ordering Pad Thai immediately. She went to find a table while I finished up checking in ...

... it was possible to take me to Bottle Beach (where I had my acco booked) he then took out a map and explained to me in a combination of both Thai and English that to get to bottle beach, I would have to take a longtail boat! DOH! But he offered to take me to the pier, phew! I loaded my stuff into his 6 seater and got in the front seat, eventually he found five other people who needed a ride and off we went. En route, I gave Jeff a call (he had gotten here a couple of days previously ...

... overdrive while I try hard to keep up with these well-trained locals who, I have no doubt, play this game every night, lots of laughter and loads of chemicals releasing themselves inside the gray mass that makes up my Farang braincells, the game gets more spike and the other participants pay me no sacrifice, no rest for the weary. I make a near complete sommersault scoring a main point for my team and even stronger points for "FACE" with my ...

... up the atmosphere! There are fire dancers and great music! There were little kids trying to hustle you everywhere, but they were so cute! Ian got beaten at connect four about 5 times by this little kid and lost about 400 baht... haa! Chaweng beach is absolutely beautiful.... the beach is white and the sea is so blue, it is really warm and shallow... We spent the day ...

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... be a little more expensive than our other accommodations but at £15 a night its so worth it. We took a walk to explore. Outside the beach resort, there are loud bars with "thai ladies" dancing around outside having the opposite desired affect on us. We bought some supplies and ducked into one that serves food 9and cocktails of course) and looked forward to a nice meal. However, I don't think Andy had really bargained on what was about to arrive on his plate. Being the adventurous wee soul ...

... read some books, and just relaxed. It was exactly what we wanted for our start. Thurs 11/Sept: We knew we wanted to get to Ko Tao, had no info on the boats. Note that if you're travelling to the Thai Islands, there is a lot of transportation between the islands, but the private charters are about 3 times as much, and half as safe, the longtail boats. So we had banked on these (or I had), and when we found out this news, we ...

... front views so we decided for the second one. After taking a nap on the beach, we took the motorbike for a ride around the island and saw the sunset on the way. Beautiful !!! We went to Rock Nights (Chaweng Beach) at 11pm on Saturday and loooooved the band, Ty thought their accent was a little heavy but the vocalist's ...