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A Clean Getaway
... be forgiven for being initially sceptical, as lèse majesté (criticising or insulting the throne) is still a punishable offence in this part of the world. Ko Samet is a beautiful island, about 2 km long, with plenty of gorgeous beaches along its coastline. After our arrival on Friday afternoon, Julian and I secured the cheapest accommodation on the island (seeing as it was a bank holiday weekend, this was not easy) and headed straight for the island’s longest beach. Despite being ...
Island Life
... train of thought so I concentrated on checking out the other people on the boat. Not one woman out of a dozen was under 45 and none were good looking. I hoped the island would show more promise than this.
The port of the island is for all sorts of boats and a little hectic. Climbing over three other boats to get onto the pier sounds like fun but with my rucksack and my day bag strapped to me it wasn’t bloody easy and I nearly ended up in the water a couple of ...
Mosquitoes, Manti and Muay Thai
... buy an umbrella in Bangkok and immediately regretted this decision.
As the songthaew stopped at Hin Kok beach we dived off, grabbed our bags and ran into the first accommodation we could find, Naga Bungalows. We had read about this place in our Rough Guides book. Although cheap (350 bahts per night - £7.60) the rooms weren't great. We decided to book for 3 nights as the rain was still pouring down and neither of us fancied venturing along the ...
Island Paradise
... it. We then headed out of the brown water and garbage filled harbor wondering what awaited us. Thailand had tremendous flooding from all the rains so I hoped that was the reason for the mess. And yes we were soon out into torquise colored seas. Another adventure off the ferry and then into the back of a green pick-up truck taxi packed in like sardines with the other tourists. Enroute to the hotel we came to a stop on a busy street ...
Beach Fun & Food Poisioning
... lit dip very nice.
Next day we tried to find some snorkeling spots but failed and eventually just decided to chill out on the beach and book a snorkeling boat trip the next day.
The snorkeling trip was alright although the sea was a bit choppy making visibility average, we stopped in past some sort of fish farm which had leopard sharks, sea turtles, nemo fish, and a huge variety of other tropical fish. We were a bit concerned with the conditions for ...


