Yesterday Robbie and I arrived in Ko Samui, it's an island south east of Bangkok. We took the train from Bangkok. It left about 7:30pm and we arrived in Surat Thani in the morning at 7:30am. We had a second class berth and the seats folded into beds. It wasn't bad at all and we met some nice Irish travelers, one who spoke so fast and had such a thick accent it was hard to understand him. They drank the night away with one of the train attendants. Once arriving in Surat Thani we took a bus to the ferry station, at which point we hopped onto the ferry and enjoyed the warm breeze, and ocean spray. We arrived to our bungalow in the afternoon, it's on the beach but not the front row, so tomorrow we are going to try and get a first class view. The island still has a lot of westerners, but is much slower pace then Bangkok, and I'm enjoying the beach scene very much. We are going to take a tour of the island this afternoon, and then go kayaking tomorrow at a national park west of the island. We are having a wonderful time, and might get in a fishing trip this week also. We may have the luxury of catching King Mackerel or Barracuda. I'm still working on trying to get Robbie to rent a moto bike here on the island. I think its probably our best option if we are going to do it. I will probably attach pictures to these posts once we return to the states. Sorry, It just hasn't worked out.
We have to sign off for now. Talk to you again in a few days.
3 comments:
Hey guys -
definitely rent a scooter, it is a blast and the best way to get around in rural Thailand (I wouldn't recommend trying to negotiate traffic in Bangkok or Chiang Mai, though).
Have a beer Chang for us!
Jon and Kristin
I have never heard Robbie called an Irish Traveler before, but it sounds like he had fun on the train.
Good luck catching the Barracudas, remember catch them, don't swim with them.
Wax on wax off.
Night night...
Omi,
"warm breezes and ocean spray?" I have this image of Robbie at the bow of the ferry sort of like the scene in the Titanic movie....or maybe like Giddy with her head sticking out the car window. I can't believe you have to talk Robbie into getting a scooter. I would have thought that by now he would have built plywood ramps and been teaching the local kids some Evil Kinieval moves. Everything is well in AK...have fun and figure out the photo thing...we need validation.
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