Blogs from Southern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 28

Sunday May 3rd 2009 Ko Tao Taxi picked us up and brought us to Mae haad to get on our boat. Bit different from our Malaysian snorkeling, this boat was packed with about 60 people, and we weren’t the only 60person boat around. Pulled up in our first spot and there were more life vests in the ocean than fish. Stopped at 3 locations and saw bits and pieces but nothing majorly impressive. The weather was cloudy today which made it lovely and mild so didn’t have to worry so much about burning. After a quick very spicy lunch on the boat we headed to Nan Yuang island just off the coach, this is one of the most beautiful spots in Thailand, two tiny island joined together by a perfect sand bar beach, very beautiful but ... read more

Friday May 1st Koh Tao Got up and did the daily application of sun screen and headed down to the beach. Beach here is only average, its all wet sand and the water is very shallow and the tide goes out quiet a bit but sure we shouldn’t complain. Feckin hot lying out though but you have to fight through it. Stayed there for about 2 hours and headed off for a bit of lunch and to check emails etc. turned the other way when we came out of our place and found a fabulous sandwich spot, it was delicious and had free wifi so we were happy out for a while. Not too much else to do so we grabbed our books and headed back down to the beach to see the sun set. Had ... read more

Wednesday April 29th Ko Samui Got up and finally made it down to the beach in Ko Samui. As resort beaches go Chaweng beach is pretty good. Exquisite turquoise blue clear water and fine blindingly white sand, broken up by jet ski stalls, ice cream vendors and the lads coming up and down selling you wristbands and henna tattoos. Paradise, package resort style! Had a lovely morning sweating buckets in the sunshine anyhow before we broke for lunch and headed off for a sandwich and a look in the shops to buy hats to keep the sun off our faces. So with our new genuine quality Abercrombie and Oakley hats we headed back to the beach to sweat away the afternoon. Dinner was another simple Thai food one, its great how the local food is so ... read more

Monday May 27th Ko Samui Our boat to Samui was leaving at 9am so it was another early morning to pack up the bags again. The man with the cart was around again though luckily so we were saved the labor of trekking to the pier with our heavy loads which were now 16 and 21 kgs even though we haven’t bought anything new except 1 towel. The boat to Krabi was the first leg which wasn’t too bad, but then we had to get on a bus which seemed to crawl along and did the regulatory stop for about an hour at a restaurant only 30 minutes from our destination for us to spend our money. It’s a joke and a right pain really. Finally at 4 pm we were aboard our next boat even ... read more

Southern Paradise After the craziness of the past few days, we were all excited to be heading South to enjoy some of Thailand’s infamous beaches. Our overnight bus pulled into Chumphon at the sleepy hour of 5am. The hotel staff stumbled out in their robes and slippers to let us into the guesthouse. After the chaos of assigning rooms and roommates had been sorted out, we all collapsed into sleep. I woke up, hours later, to grey and steady rainfall. It was ironic that we never saw a cloudy day while in the bustling cities of Central Thailand, but as soon as we hit the beach the skies opened up and proceeded to rain on our parade. I spent the day sleeping, reading, and generally recharging my batteries. Our second day in Chumphon dawned as sunny ... read more