Blogs from Ko Samet, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 14

The beach was amazing. I've never been to a beach like that before, the Oregon coast doesn't quite compare. The water was a perfect shade of turquoise and the sand was so fine and soft. I really didn't do much at all, it was too hot and laying out in the sun was just too great. I did however get a bad sunburn that was worst on my face, that's the downside of being so pale. I met a Swedish girl named Sandra and we had dinner at this place right on the beach. We sat on wedge pillows, which I guess is very tradition Thai. The restaurant had a fire show when it got dark out. This meant that 4 guys swung these huge sticks of fire at an amazing speed. I was impressed. Then ... read more

Happy Christmas and New Year to everyone who is reading this hope all is good and santa brought you a bit more than coal!! We spent our christmas on the small island of Koh Samet which was beautiful and we splashed out for three days, moving from paying £8 per night to a (heart attack amount for me) £40 p/night!! So christmas was spent on glorious white sands and clear waters. We arrived christmas eve with our small paper christmas tree stolen from pizza hut in pattaya and were extremely happy to get back to island life. The extra we spent on accomodation was well worth it as we had a ocean front bungalow with views over three white sandy beaches. The most vigourous exercise of the three days involved hiring a kayak for an hour ... read more

The majority of the time we have spent here has been on the beach working on my tan, which by the way is coming on nicely. The sand here is white and the sea is lovely, green and some days warm too. On Tuesday we hired some scooters and managed to check out the whole of the island, which is only about 6km. Chilling out on several beaches in between trying to negotiate the awful roads here, which are mainly dirt tracks and are very bumpy. I thought it was great fun but Erica wasn't too impressed, especially as she had a little fall (she was unhurt just shook up). The highlight of the day however was visiting the south of the island to sea my first sunset, it was amazing. On Thursday we went out ... read more

Leaving Ko Phan Ghan was difficult as I was having a ball but I thought I'd go back to Bangkok and change my flights to head off to NZ. I had to wait for 5 days so I headed off to Ko Samet, an island not too far from Bangkok, with Will the Essex lad. I wasn't expecting much but it was far more beautiful than expecting. It was a lot more expensive and a lot more of a package holiday destination but the white sandy beaches were clean and the place had a good vibe. I did fel like I was inm Spain though and I took the opportunity to do some Wake boarding and jet skiing. I've been lacking adrnaline rushes over the past few weeks. Had a couple of hectic days back in ... read more

A few days after our return from Koh Chang, Chelly came home from work with a gift for me. She'd saved up some vacation days and was planning to use three of them to take me to the nearby island of Ko Samet. Without a Hitch Getting to the island was smooth and effortless, which was a good sign. We took our time the night before we went, kicking around the mall in Sriracha and staying up late with a DVD. Then we took even more time in the morning. We slept in, dragged our feet through breakfast and showers and packing, but finally got rolling late in the morning. We took even more time when we stopped in Pattaya to look for a new bathing suit for Chelly. (I'd bought her one on Koh Chang, ... read more