Samui Bound

Well it was time to think about moving to another part of Thailand by then. We decided that Kho Samui would be our next port of call. To get there we had the option of taking a flight, or a train and boat. We were feeling adventurous so we took the train and boat option, it was cheaper too. The train journey was a nightmare. There were only second class seats left, which meant we were in semi-reclining seats, windows wide open, all our bags exposed, and mozzies coming in the windows and eating us alive.

When we got off the train, after 11 hours, and we had to get a bus to transfer us to the boat. We thought this boat trip was only an hour long but it took about 2 and a half hours before we got to Samui. Again, we were back on a bus to try find some accommodation on Chaweng Beach.

The bus driver tried to get us to stay in places where he would get better commission so we were driving around for hours looking at lots of different places. One of the rooms we were offered had a big tree growing up the centre of the room, and the ceiling was all open around the tree so mozzies and god knows what else would have had a field day. We were getting pretty pissed off on this bus then and it was almost 2 hours before we finally got a room, which was actually very decent, and cheap enough at 800 Baht a night (16 euro) for the room.

The resort was Samui Mandalay and was very clean with good facilities like Air con, TV, En Suite and a fridge (mini bar). We were even given towels here, a luxury that we hadn't got in Bangkok. The Tv wasnt bad as there was a movie channel running all day so when we were crashing in the room, we managed to take in some decent enough films.