The Kala Samui Ko Samui

... Oh, and Guido Hatzis was so much of a charmer he wrote on his chest in glow-paint "Free hugs" ... and I bet he got them, being the sauve he is. Mohawk boy was the only one who managed to score, he bought some Sweeeedish girl to breakfast. I couldn't believe it . He was the douchfagiest of them all. I wonder if he told her to BANG iT.

The reason I noticed so much about these guys was for the last 5 days in Haad Rin, I had a stupid head cold, and didn't ...

... and warm. I made possibly my last stop for sending off
postcards (they were ones I hadn’t been able to send from Morocco..oops) and I
walked for both the exercise and to be able to see what this part of the island
was like. Passed lots of cutely named restaurants and shops, some temples with
quite a few Chinese inspired statues, lots of locals and tourists on
motorbikes, and dogs of course. Not on motorbikes, just smartly strutting
around. Ahem.
As the ...

... stalls so we pull over and decide to explore. Turns out it was more the equivalent of a village fete with a huge stage set up and people performing, but Sarah manages to find a skirt exactly like what she has been looking for for ages back home. We find that there aren't as many stalls as we first thought and most are aimed at the locals, so back in the jeep, back on the road, back to the hotel.

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The beach was verty quiet, no lights except in a yoga retreat at one end, again out of our price range, but we managed to wake some people up at Beam bungalows and hunkered down for the night, it would be temporary because the place looked dead and the beach was decidedly ****. Next day we got up early and explored the 2 adjoining beaches and found a great place on a semi busy beach but it was beautiful, nice sandy beach and what would turn out to be a legendary ...

... that will instantly steal my Farang heart. I realise if I don`t leave this place quick I`ll crumble under Female Asian Witchcraft. With the stern eyes of His Majesty King Bhumipol in full regalia inmidiated above her head looking down on me I leave in a hurry confused and out of this world, going out in the street still hearing her excited girly giggles in my ears. The Chinese festival is still in full swing, tourists making pictures of tiny Asian bodies in grand costumes ...

... jumped in the pool to pull me out. They said I was in the recovery position for a while and people were putting their fingers down my throat, trying to make me sick. The girl cut her leg trying to pull me out of the pool, but they all decided to blame it on me. They said I came pretty close to dying. I spent the rest of the day sunbathing, swimming in the sea and trying to come to terms with what happend the night before. James ...

... a Spanish holiday resort. Large expensive beach resorts covered most of the beach and the main strip consisted of pricey restaurants and the odd MacDonald's. Having traipsed up the beach (again in the pouring rain) we managed to find a bungalow about 2 minutes from the sea. Day 2 on Koh Samui (because lets be honest day one was a bit of a write off) we discovered there to be considerably less rain and so headed to the beach or in my case, as i was still sporting my ...

... before ours and our neighbor took a photo of us with his new camera, a novelty at those days. I also remember that we stopped at another neighbor's home, a very large woman with overgrown moles on her face. She always scared me, even though she was always smiling and always offered me sweets and nuts. I remember all of this, and I know my father was in this event, but I do not remember any interaction with him. I remember being forced to go to synagogue with him ...

... hawker lady asked him if he wanted to buy some fireworks. He stopped and said something to her. I heard her mention fireworks again but Mohamed walked away saying 'she couldn't speak a word of English'. That made me chuckle and that was the turning point when I decided he would be good fun to hang out with. Ko Samui was really nice and Mohamed, similar to me, was in no hurry and we just slowed right down and spent time chilling on the beach, getting wasted and eating good ...

... they upgraded us to a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom executive suite on the 56th floor!!! Awesome!!! The hotel was called Lebua at state towers and it's really, really nice! I'd highly recommend it to anyone who has a few extra baht lying around. Unfortunately this was the end of the road for Scott and Lizzie who had to return home. Thanks for everything you two! It was great fun!! From Bangkok, Kathy and I hopped aboard an overnight train to Chumphon (the train ...