Wonderful Thailand

Thailand is wonderful! That's probably the best way for me to put it.

I spent 4 days in Koh Samui on the Gulf of Thailand. Koh Samui is very touristy, the main street is packed with shops, tailors and restaurants - but the beach is beautiful. My days went something like this... wake up around 9, go get breakfast, alternate lying on the beach and swimming in the beautiful emerald sea, at about 5pm move to massage hut for 1 hour massage, shower, go out for dinner and drinks, go to bed. I tell ya it's a hard life!!! On arrival in Koh Samui amidst the chaos at the airport I latched on to a Swiss girl and we have been travelling together ever since.

After Koh Samui we hopped on the Ferry to Koh Tao - Turtle Island - a mecca for divers. Basically only divers or wannabe divers come to this island. Before we had left Koh Samui I had heard that there were whale sharks being seeing around the dive sites of Koh Tao - so I booted over there. We booked into a really nice resort on Sairee beach and enjoyed the sunset. The next day I did my first two dives hoping to see the Whale Shark - no luck. Next day... 4 dives... still no whale shark. Next day 2 dives... WHALE SHARK!!! It was so amazing, about 5 meters long and beautiful. There were people all around and it seemed to be playing in the bubbles from the air tanks. At one point it swam right by me - may 3 meters away - I was right at eye level and totally in awe. Of course, it just happened to be the day that my camera battery died... so unfortunately no pictures. I do however have some really nice pics of other fish as the conditions here have been pretty amazing. We had 30 meters visibility for the first 3 days - those of you who dive will understand how amazing that is.

The food here is amazing as well and really cheap. I had a huge plate Panang Curry (yummy) for about $2! Other really good dishes are Masamam Curry and of course Phad Thai. I will def. miss the food when I leave.

After 7 days in Koh Tao, I've decided to go back to Koh Samui and do some relaxing on the beach - if I manage to get good weather, Monsoon season is upon us, it's been raining cats and dogs all day! - before I head off to Hong Kong.

---

---