I was very relieved when we finally reached Koh Samui, especially as our resort was right on the beach front. We spent a quite afternoon then went into the main centre for dinner. The restaurant we went to was great, we sat on cushions around a low table right on the beach. After dinner we decided to hit the town, and checked out a ladyboy cabaret at the Star Club. It was a lot of fun, some of the performers were hilarious and everyone had put in a lot of effort with costumes and choreography.
The next day wasn't quite as exciting. We spent the morning swimming then went for a look around the markets in the afternoon. After an hour or so I was over shopping as there wasn't a large variety of stalls, just a lot selling the same sort of things: sunglasses, watches, t-shirts, jewellery and handbags.
That night night we went to a restaurant called Mr Poo BBQ (and I got photographic evidence of the name just in case you don't believe me!) which involved cooking the food ourselves in stock filled cookers at each table. It was really good, and my suspicions about food poisoning turned out to be unfounded!
Koh Tao
The next morning we took a ferry across to Koh Tao which was really nice, the island was quiet during the day and the weather was beautiful. The beach we were staying at was strange - the sand turner to coral when the water was waist deep which meant that swimming wasn't really an option. And because it was so shallow on the beach the water was really warm and not that refreshing.
There were also a lot of restaurants and bars right on the beach and I spent most of my time frequenting these when I wasn't sitting in the sea. Our last night on the island we hitched a ride on the back of a truck to a hilltop restaurant which had beautiful views of the island and the sunset. After dinner everyone from our tour decided to go barhopping, which was a good way to end the tour. There were heaps of people, the music was generally good, drinks were cheap and we ended the night dancing in the sea at one of the bars.
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