Thailand. Koh Samui.

We sailed a short distance to our second and final island of Koh Samui. It was instantly recognisable as being a lot more built up and touristy. We drove to our hotel and then had a wall around the town and to the beach. The beach was really busy and not my thing, expecially in comparison to yesterday's paradise. We headed back to the hotel after having a look at some shops and tailor shops. I spent the afternoon at the rooftop pool which we had all to ourselves. 

In the evening after a rainy poolside drinks and my first taste of durian (smells ok, tastes like raw onion) we went out for dinner at a street market which was a bit empty of food vendors as the heavens had opened not long before and it's low season but managed to get a delicious prawn tempura and a giant corn on the cob cool to order. Yum! After dinner some of our group went to watch a lady boy show, but I've had enough of those so just went to the pub. We came home after the shops had shut so I missed out on getting some great tie dyed clothes! I've gone in for tie dye big style! 

On our second day we took a day boat trip to the Ang Thong paring park. It was a very early start, but we got to get some great seats at the front of the boat :) it was beautiful. Looked very similar to Ha Long Bay, but with about 5% of the number of boats. It was really empty, it was stunning. There were all the limestone kasts and island popping out everywhere. 

We landed at a beautiful beach and got off to go swimming. There was a hike up to the top of a hill, but I knew my limitations after the last hike I failed on in this heat so just stayed and swimmed. To get to and from our boat we took long tail boat which were filled with us and the other Chinese and Indian tourists. Felt very unsafe and a bit like a boat shipping immigrants! After lunch we stopped at another island and went kyacking and snorkelling. The kyacking was great. You could see the coral so close under water and the rock formations were stunning.  The kyacking was pretty short but great. We then climbed up some pretty vertical steps to a viewpoint to see a green lagoon. Such hard work! But great views. 

Snorkelling was pretty good but the water was so shallow I scared myself at how close we were to to the fish and coral! We sailed home and it was a great day! Got some great tanning in too!

In the evening we went to a food market and I got a great pad thai and another enormous corn of the cob and then a waffle! So greedy! But it was all so cheap so hard to say no!

After the food market we hit the main market and got spending our left over baht as it was our last day in Thailand. Prices were a bit higher than the mainland, but I got some sunglasses and flop flops for 200 baht each and the. Had the hardest haggle for a tiedye jumpsuit and top. The guy had really bad maths so it was hard work! But got them both for 750. Tie dye is my new thing it seems!  Just can't wait for Indonesia to wear them as got to be a bit more conservative when in Malaysia. Heading there next!