Lilo under one arm and snorkel poised, Linda resplendent in her new bikini, we hit the beaches of Koh Samui. Well, we would have done, had the weather not conspired against us by dumping a mini-monsoon of rain during our first two days on the island. We enjoyed a jungle canopy tour, which involves sliding down cables connected between trees in the island interior- a bit like the end of the Krypton Factor assault course, without the maroon tracksuits and pithy commentary from Gordon Burns. But aside from these thrills, we decided that Koh Samui didn't have the right beach for us, so we heeded the advice of some of our fellow travellers and sailed to Koh Phangan, a smaller island a little further north. We arrived in the port of Hat Rin- famous for its
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