Ko Samui

Now we're on Ko Phangan, so I'll just briefly let you all know what happened on Ko Samui... We stayed in a nice cheap resort in a fan room (about 10 pounds a night) which was pretty good, the room was basic but the gardens were really nice and the staff were pretty friendly. It was across the road from the beach (althoug being on the north end of Chaweng beach it wasn't really swimmable so we had to walk up or down the beach to swim) and it was about 10 mins walk to the shops etc. We spent a few days at the beach, either down the south end or up the very north end which was actually beautiful, not much sand to lay on but the water was really shallow, clear blue and calm.

We went on a day tour safari very similar to the one I did last time I was at Ko Samui, which involved elephant trekking, an elephant show, monkey show, crocodile show, a waterfall, amazing views of the island, grandmother and grandfather rocks, magic buddha garden and the big buddha. It was fun to have a day seeing different parts of the island :-)

We ate a lot of pot noodles (2 min noodles from 7-11 - about 20p a meal) but did splash out one night on an exquisite dinner at Eat Sense! The most amazing food and... deep fried ice cream! Yum!

In all Samui was slightly disappointing after being at such beautiful places as Phi Phi and Railay, however we still had a nice time there. We extended our stay one night as I was sick with a 24hr bug of some kind and wasn't up to travelling.

So after 6 nights on Samui... time for Ko Phangan!

The album of Ko Samui photos is here!