Arayaburi Boutique Hotel Ko Samui

... road. One of our tour guides had to get out in the rain & direct our bus driver to back up around 2 corners & into a spot you would not want to drive your car so the 2 buses that were on time could get in......all because of 2 late idiots...but at least they got wet.... thanks again Buddha!!

We then drove to the Samui Monkey Center to watch a trained monkey harvest coconuts. They dropped us off about ½ a km away & we ...

... one afternoon feeling particularly confident, we decided to swim round to the next beach which only looked about a ten minute effort. After swimming for nearly half an hour I managed to swim straight through a jelly fish and we decided that it was probably time to head back! Realising then that our hotel hired out kayaks for free we paddled over and booked ourselves into another hotel.

Eventually we headed over to Bottle Beach in a taxi boat ...

... quite big, tidy and clean room for a reasonable price, and it's literally on the beach. This quiet beach is ideal for couples, my second half is missing so no point for me to stay any longer.
Next four days in much more dynamic place - famous Chaweng Beach. No need to mention, everything is rather over rated and expensive on this beach. I spent first two nights at Seaside Bungalows an quite ...

... but a man who enjoyed his own company as well as the company of others. I would often see him sitting by himself and I suspect that he was just quietly content, happy that others were enjoying his creation. He would disappear for most of the day, frequenting other bars run by ex-pats on the island, and would normally return before dark, slightly off balance, but in high spirits. Together, they were an unconventional business partnership, but nevertheless, captains of ...

... JD and cokes as they're only a quid before 1am. This was somewhat disrupted by the fact a new club opened here on Saturday so we spent a good hour looking for that as all the signs and flyers had no directions! Evetually we gave up, went to a ****** jazz club then watched some Muay Thai, which was good as we saw someone get properly knocked out, smelling salts, doctor in the ring, the lot. Even more amusing was the two English fellas sat with a table load of Lady Boys ...

... in for a little while before heading back and soon enough up walked a god majority of everyone. they had been swimming. they broke into the pool but they got caught. apparently one of the thai pool guys was throwing rocks at them to get them out. anyways remy got antsy after a little while and after a bit of convincing we headed back to the beach to do a bit more dancing. this was the best part of the night. the beach wasnt so crowded and the music was better and ...

... They said we were spending an hour there but I doubt it was even half, which was a shame. Next we went past a few islands, some of them looked like animals - there was monkey rock and lion rock. We then went to a place where we could walk up to a viewpoint and see a lagoon (the one that inspired Alex Garland's 'The Beach'. We then went to another beach for ...

... off her attempts at seduction. Whether or not I should have? History will tell. Jeff got what was coming to him afterwords when we wandered through one GoGo-bar alleyway and I deliberately drifted a bit behind him, causing all the girls to assault him first and draw their fire while I darted by unscathed. When walking past a Thai GoGo-bar, its girls will flock out en-masse and literally grab onto you and try to yank you ...

... the sections, and it was basically in the middle of the store. At the back of the store was an open doorway into the store beside it, and anyone walking around that neighbouring store would get a full moon if they came near the door. It wasn't ideal. Cindy and Robert stood guard for me though and I am pretty sure nobody saw me naked. All day we have been waiting to hear back from the dive shop I emailed about Robert and I taking ...