Blogs from Ko Samui, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 22

Everything Happens For A Reason Relieved to have left the nightmare of Ko Pha-Ngan behind us, we quickly settled into what we had come south for... lazing on the beach during the day, drinks and chillout time at night... After settling in to our resort, Ark Bar and feasting on massive burgers for lunch in the Ark Bar restaurant with sand between our toes, we decided to walk off the burgers and headed up Chaweng Beach to see what was on offer in Ko Samui... It was roasting hot so we didnt walk too far before heading inland to Beach Road and looping back to the resort. My initial thoughts on Samui were 'wow'! Its very much what I imagine Phuket would have been 20 years ago. Quaint little smelly streets, plenty of touristy shopping ... read more

We caught a ferry to Ko Samui. As you might remember, I went there with my cousin Boris in May. We stayed at Lamai beach the last time, so this time we decided to check out Chaweng beach, since it's the best beach supposedly and has the best night life. We took a taxi from the pier and were completely disgusted by the beach. It was really crowded with people and lounge chairs and sellers of all sorts. We didn't like the town either, it's really commercial and crowded. It's not exactly what we were looking for. So we took the tuk tuk to Lamai and found a nice beach bungalow place for us. What a difference. Lamai is so beautiful and not crowded at all. The town also has a much better vibe. Plus the ... read more

Well as you know its been a while since we made an entry. That's because we are in beach bum mode. After our final night in Hanoi, staying at the Splendid Star Hotel (www.splendidstarhotel.com) next to the large Catholic church, we caught a quick flight to Bangkok. The hotel, by the way is an excellent hotel and I would recommend it highly. You get a great breakfast provided and the room we had was massive with beautiful decor, Air con, large screen TV and computer with Internet in the room. Back to the landing in Bangkok. From here we had to catch a taxi to the train station to pick up the overnight train tickets we had booked online earlier in the adventure.This was thru the new booking service that Thai Railway offers via email. You ... read more

Apologies with the delay of this last blog - I think I was in denial of the holiday being over and back into reality. THAILAND - The Holiday.... After three months of planes, trains, buses and boats, and pounding the streets around the world in a new city/country every few days, I chose to use the stop over in Thailand for a bit of R & R before I returned to the crazy and busy life that is mine. So I extended the time in Thailand to nearly a week to do just that. The original plan (I seem to have used that a bit this trip - perhaps I should do less planning and more spare of the moment as that seemed to work out the best!) was to spend a few days in Bangkok ... read more

Poshing it up in Koh Samui So we are waaaaaaaaaaaaay behind in our blog entries, sorry everyone. It's tricky as internet costs a bit and usually it's more the time that we don't have to write it all up and more so, upload the photos. Anyway Koh Samui....aaaah the hotel we stayed in Koh Samui!!!! We were lucky enough to get a 5 star plus plus hotel through work for penuts in Koh Samui, just near Lamai which is about 15 minute drive from the crazy Chewang (party) town. Basically, our two nights and three days on Koh Samui included enjoying and eating as much of the free breakfast as possible as late as possible (so not to have to buy lunch!), sipping cocktails by the infinity pool, resting in the luxury of our a/c room ... read more