Blogs from Ko Samui, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 20

Of course you should not be hearing from me now, I have supposed to be on a silent meditation retreat in Surat Thani. Well, I’m not - obviously. When I left my hotel in Bangkok, as I was travelling within Thailand I got a taxi to the domestic airport. Wrong! Most domestic flights go from the international terminal and are they close together? No! My flight was leaving in an hour from an airport that was nearly an hour away. I had about 15 minutes of aaaargh. I couldn’t get a later flight as that would get me to the monastery after dark and no one is at the gates then to let me in and registration for the course closed at 3pm anyway. What to do? After texts and phone calls with the ex (they ... read more

Yum - Authentic Red Thai Chicken curry. although mental note: dont eat the bottom of the curry bowl as thats where the red chillis and spices are....... read more

i feel like im in some Jurassic park movie - the bugs and insects here are at least 10 times the size of back home. The Air con made some strange noises this moring and when i turned it off an ant the size of my fist jumped out and started running around, needless to say i sprinted like a lunatic - when i had the courage to return it took 5 or 6 smacks with my flip flop and it was still squirming around... apart from that it hasnt stopped raining, it is also low season so there are very few tourists about - lots of touts and people offering various 'services' on th street i have decided Koh Samui is similar to Florida but sleazier, cheaper and younger! hopefully will ge some photos up ... read more

Seeing as it was pouring with rain in the morning were unable to 'sunbathe' until lunchtime which soon turned into rainbathing. Despite the weather Becky still managed to obtain a spectacular sunburn with factor 50, cloud, rain and shade!! In the evening we decided to head to Ko Samui's main town Chaweng. Fortunately there were far fewer 'girly' bars and we tried some XXXXXXL shopping with Elin managing to purchase a bikini for less than a fiver bringing the saleswoman close to tears! after dinner we were cornered by yet more tailors but this was a special tailors who offered free beer, which was gratefully received! despite not offering clothing they told us to check out the local cabaret which was exceptionally entertaining and very confusing! Having been dazzled by the beauty and talents of the ... read more

Ok all I can say about the Jungle Club is heaven, gloroius heaven !!!!! The staff were fantastic and the location was stunning, our lodge was everything it should have been and more !!! On the eve of my birthday we got invited out by the staff along with Polly, an american girl we met to the Reggae Bar and we all got horribly drunk and danced to reggae apart from them stopping proceedings through the night so that the whole club could sing happy birthday to me !!! Woke up with a hang over and to find steve had fallen asleep underneath the cocunut tree next to the bar unfortunately no-one got a picture !!! On my birthday we woke up around midday and went off elephant trekking followed by a thai massage all over ... read more