Samui by night

One of the most annoying things in Samui was the Indian people who worked in the suit shops. They would grab a hold of you on the street, shaking your hand, playing nice, trying their best to get you to come into the shop. They didnt like taking no for an answer, and so we had to be pretty ignorant to a lot of them to get rid of them. There was one of these shops every 10 steps so you can imagine how annoying it got.

By night, Samui was completely transformed. There were lots of bars and restaurants and a buzzing go go district. We went through there a few times, but the serious amount of lady boys in there would scare most people away, and it did us :o)

So most of our nights in Chaweng, began in the Irish bar, as their food was excellent, and there was a few people we knew there, and then continued on in clubs which were big open air discos, nothing like at home.

As soon as it would get dark, a lot of young kids would appear on the street, kids as young as 8. They all had the game Connect 4 with them and they would try to play against you for money. I saw a few people play against them and lose, but if ou ever looked like winning, you would be conveniently distracted by something so that the kid could cheat...

The streets were full of Thai ladies on mopeds at night too. They would drive by looking for business, beeping their horn at you to try get your attention, and when they succeeded, they would cart the punter off on the back of the bike.