Blogs from Ko Samui, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 104

We are both feeling very lazy after our hectic schedule in Ko Tao. We now get to sleep-in every morning and don't need to set any alarms for Early morning dive theory sessions. Keith completed his Advanced Open Water certificate and managed to rack up 11 dives in 6 days. Diving Sail Rock and the night dive were the highlights. We were both really sad to leave Ko Tao. It is the kind of place that can suck you in and you soon loose track of time. The island is very westernised and diving centric but has a great feel to it. Our next stop was Ko Pha-Ngan, a 90 minute ferry ride from Ko Tao. We arrived in Thong Sala, the main port, in the midday heat and were not prepared for the bombardment of ... read more

4 Days Trip to Koh Samui - 05 Asia » Thailand » Koh Samui By tongkyAugust 12th 2005Hi Koh Samui is well known of it's beaches.... so here i come to visit Koh samui. I take a van from Penang until Koh Samui, it only cost me RM50. The travelling hours is very long because of the stopover at each major cities. Anyway it's a great holiday... Enjoy the photo! ... read more

Hello everyone! Just a short hello, we can't send pictures at the moment because we lost our cord for the camera! We have two more nights in Ko Samui and then we fly to Bangkok on Thursday morning, it was fly or take a 16 hour bus and boat ride and we decided to forget that idea! We have done some shopping here and had some nice meals! Tonight we had 2 Chang beers, 1L of water, and a curry dish with rice for under 10dollars. The lady asked us if we like spicy (which we normally do) and let's just say we downed both beers and the whole litre of water in record time! It was so good! Hot! We rented a scooter today and toured around the island, we had an hour massage and ... read more

We finally made it to Thailand. We went from the Perenthian Islands to the unique city of Kotu Bhoru. We stayed one night there, and then planned to make our way to the Thai border. We had asked along the way and people made it sound very close. When we bought our train ticket, we noticed it said 9 hours! WOW! We hadn't expected that! Then we arrived in a small town and the ferry for Ko Samui was leaving the next morrning, so we had to stay another night in a very small town! Nevertheless, we have arrived in Ko Samui and it is very beautiful. We have definately seen an assortment of cultures so far! It is quite busy here with many shops and people. We plan to stay here for 3 nights and ... read more

Alas, a break from all that diving. After a week of pure intensive diving, my ears ache slightly as they try to get use to the huge pressures underwater. During one of my dive trips, I befriended a German guy who has a dry sense of humour and a ready laugh. He revealed that his grandfather was a tank officer under Field Marshal Rommel in N.Africa during WW2 and he himself was an ex- infantry Unterofficer (Sergeant) in the german army. We decided that we would rent a 1.3L 4x4 Suzuki jeep and do a Tour de Koh Samui, exploring off roads and if possible, going up the mountains. We did lunch at Tescos and soon were hitting the dirt tracks around Lamai area. We whetted our appetites with paved tracks around Diparavan climbing steep slopes ... read more