The World’s Biggest Beach Party Also: Elephants, SCUBA, and Romance… Our group has spent the past week on the island of Koh Samui taking it all in... We spent a day at the Ark Bar, that glamorous, overpriced poseur’s paradise where the beautiful people go to see and be seen. Tremendous flirtation ensued, some shopping and pedicures, swimming and laughing, before we were caught in a thunderstorm there (what more fun place to wait it out?) We followed up with a Ladyboy cabaret show, where incredibly beautiful women (?!) performed intricate song and dance numbers for us. Susan was in a state of pure shock! More shopping, and then a night spent partaking of a wonderful dinner show featuring traditional Thai dancers performing the most famous Thai stories. The dance is so breathtakingly graceful, the costumes
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