Blogs from Ko Samet, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 7

I've done some traveling since my last update. Where? Mostly to destinations within Thailand such as Phetchabun (northern Thailand), Khao Yai and Hua Hin; but, I've also taken a trip to the U.S. to see family & friends. However, there's really too much to cover. So, let's keep it simple... and share about my most recent trip to Ko Samet, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. Due to its proximity to Bangkok, it's a popular destination for those in Bangkok seeking nice beaches with limited time. Although it's fairly close, it's not THAT close. Through public transportation, the trip took approximately 5 1/2 hours from door to door. That's 5 1/2 hours from walking out my apartment door in Bangkok to walking into my resort room's door on Ao Phai beach on the island of ... read more

Hello, Back in Bangkok now for our last night in Thailand before flying off to oz tommorrow. Our last week in Thailand has been spent on Koh Samet, one of the island's about 50 mins off the coast. Really beatiful place, spent most of the time chilling out on the beach and going out at night. It's not been without incident tho, mainly the moped crash... we hired moped's to explore the island on thursday which was really good fun, altho they really should give you some sort of lesson before letting you hire them. We went all the way to the bottom of the island, which is mostly dirt track, then on the way back Helen and Emma (on the same bike) skided off round a corner down a steep hill. Me and Laurent were ... read more

Spent a few nights in Ko Samet. We arrived in the afternoon on friday with no reservations and had a bit of a time trying to find a "bungalow". Ended up finding one at the Lost Resort up the hill, but a very short walk. The room was a room, nothing special but at least it had air conditioning and a friendly gecko! We moved on the last day down to Jeps bungalows which was much more popular with the tourists and a little closer to the action. There were many local Thai's taking a weekend trip, as Ko Samet is so close to Bangkok. The beaches here are beautiful. The whitest sand I have ever seen. Feels like you are walking on a combination of white chalk powder and snow. Very sticky! Enjoyed a few ... read more

This weekend, we took a trip to Ko Samet, and island off the coast in the Gulf of Thailand. It's a popular destination spot for Thai's during Valentines Day weekend. It's about 4 hours from Bangkok. The island itself is a national park, so its pretty touristy, but the beaches were beautiful! We got there Friday night around 7, and ate dinner on mats on the beach and watched the stars! It was so nice! We then went out for a few drinks and had a nice night. The next day, we went to Candlelight Beach, which is farther down the coast from where we were staying on Had Saikaew Beach. The water was so clear! We spent the day relaxing on the beach. I swam over to the coral reefs, walked through the tide pools, ... read more

12.01.2009 kl. 14:00 lokal tid Ja da er nok en dag på stranda over her på Samet. Det blåser vedlig her i dag så det er nesten ikke mulig å bade. Vi har nå forflyttet oss opp fra stranda til balkongen utenfor bungalowen vi bor i. Her skal vi nyte en kopp kaffe og utsikten. Har nå fått bestilt rom på Samui, det blir på B1 http://www.b1villa.com/resort som ligger rett ved Fisherman village. Det er en stille del av Samui. 13.01.2009 kl. 08:00 lokal tid Da er det nok morgen og vi er klare for noen timer på stranda. I dag ble vi vekket av en haug med valper som løp rundt på terrassen vår. De er så søte men fulle av lopper som alle hundene her nede. I går kveld hadde vi en bedre middag ... read more