Our trip on the boat was simple and not too traumatic, which made a nice change. On arrival at Samui, we had the usual tuk tuk arguments until we got a half decent price to the hotel. We were staying in Chaweng, which is the major beach resort and ex pat teratory in Ko Samui. We arrived early again and headed out for the day. The beach area of Chaweng is somewhat reminiscent of any european beach resort! he beach is packed with loungers, fancy resort hotels, jet skis and banana boats, as well as people selling all manor of bits and pieces. Behind the beach there is a long road full of shops selling tat, many pubs and bars and restaurants selling largely western food! Nearly everyone you meet here is European. On the evenings
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