After a sea day, cruising the Gulf of Thailand, we arrived in Koh Samui, an island off the coast of southern Thailand. Having just been in seven of the biggest cities in the world, it was a shock to float into this island paradise with its azure waters, clear skies, swaying palm trees, fragrant flowers and jungle covered mountains. The contrast with urbanized Asia was just mind boggling. Regent offered us passengers a day at the beach. We went to the Kandaburi Resort which provided a perfect beach day where we snorkeled in the ocean, swam in the pools, had a massage on the beach and enjoyed a nice Thai lunch. It was an ideal antidote to the mega cities we had been visiting. That evening as we were sailing away we saw a sunset that
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