Day 11: Ko Samui

We woke early enough to grab a bite to eat on our last morning in Ko Tao. This little island was really something we both would look back on fondly. A friendly man from the hotel called a cab for us and soon, we were at the pier and on a boat to Ko Samui. We took the Lomprayah high speed catamaran. I definitely think this is the way to go, it was much faster than our boat from Ko Pha Ngan to Ko Tao.

We arrived at Samui and caught a cab to our next bungalow, the Weekender Villa. It is about a half hour from the pier and just south of Chaweng, one of the main beaches. Here's our bungalow.

Skeptical of the island, we went to check out the beach view. I have to say, though it lacked a nice strip of sand at high tide, it was quite beautiful. With its 180° panorama, Nicole said it looked like you were standing at the edge of the world.

We venture into the water, but I quickly spotted a couple of jellyfish, so we jumped out and walked along the shore instead.

Not too impressed with the guest house's food options (or friendliness), we searched for a place to eat. We walked a good distance through Lamai beach when we finally decided to settle on an Indian place that we happened upon called Live India. To our surprise, the food was excellent! We had hoped for mediocre and ended up with excellent. Nicole had Aloo Gobi and I had a shrimp masala with a side of garlic naan and a Singha beer.

Afterwards, we walked around Lamai beach and check out some of the shops before heading back to the bungalow. Perhaps it was the overall vibe of Samui, but we never quite bonded with the island, at least the spot we were staying, as we had in Ko Tao. But in the early evening, the weather was beautiful and before the paper lanterns were lit along the shoreline, we had an opportunity to scrawl this blog's name in the sand

- C