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Published: January 5th 2010
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After the worst journey ever from Kanchanaburi which consisted of 4 long stops, 3 buses, one reminiscent of the venga bus, one ferry and a tuk tuk we finally arrived at our next destination Koh Samui and the area known as Chaweng Beach. We were staying at Moonlight Budget Guesthouse for 1 night for 450B a night about 5 mins walk from the beach and 10 mins walk from the main drag. Even though we had been on the road for pretty much 24 hours we were eager to hit the beach. So we ventured down and were met by a 2 meter bit of sand between the resorts which line the beach and the sea, with no where to put our sarongs to sunbathe, the resorts have pretty much taken ownership of the beach at high tide, leaving us travellers not wanting to pay the extortionate prices in high season with nowhere to chill out. They won’t even let you use their sun beds at a cost!!! Despondently we had a walk along the beach noticing how rough the sea actually was (a recent typhoon from Vietnam was the cause of this we later discovered). We had a drink, a
quick swim and then headed back to change in time to meet a chap called Dan who we met in Vietnam. We had a good evening catching up with him but came home wanting to leave this area and head to the next beach along to try and get away from the seediness and rather expensive beer and food.
We rose early and headed south to Lamai Beach and our new home for 2 nights, Whitesands Bungalows, and for a bargain 150B we had a bungalow with shared facilities with a sea view. Once again we noticed straight away how high the tide was and how rough the sea was. We attempted a swim but it was more like a ride in a washing machine so we found a space of course sand to sit on and chilled out there for the day topping up our milk bottle tans.
We ventured along the beach to find some nice beach side bars which were way cheaper than back in Chaweng Beach and downed a few before heading back to ours for a meal and our 7/11 purchase of Thai Whisky and a rather strangely named black cock Vodka.
Our next day we attempted another swim, the sea being less rough than the day before but still giving the feeling of being in a washing machine, we ventured into town to get our onward boat tickets, had a bite to eat and the local Irish pub and then visited Hin Ta (Grandfather Rock) or a G fondly calls it willy rock. The rock has basically been carved into the shape of a willy over years of wind and sea battering. We paid 10B each to walk up to a view point where we were rewarded with wonderful views of the bay before heading back down to earth for a yummy meal at the Black Pearl Restaurant along the beach, all finished off with our 7/11 purchased drinks on the beach.
To Sum our views of Koh Samui, we didn’t like it. It was quite possibly the worst place to start Gs Thai Island dream and will take something special to meet her expectations of what she had dreamed of for years. T was rather disappointed too and hoped our next stop would be much better. We would not recommend it to anyone.
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