Ko Samui

We spend 21 hours in Bangkok and a large proportion is on the internet (updating blog!) We go for the cheapest overnight bus option and are fortunate that its only an hour late and its a VIP bus, DVD player, a loo & super posh reclining seats. At 5am we're kicked off and told we have to wait for another bus, we're herded inside the travel agents and another DVD is put on. The bus arrives at 7 & we're taken to the boat, its a super fast one. We're being spoilt. We arrive by 11 as promised and catch a songathew to Lamai beach. The next couple of hours is a hell of lugging our bags in the sweltering heat, looking for something in our price range. The afternoon spent on the gorgeous beach and swimming in the sea is ample compensation though. Its Innes' birthday so we head out for a nice meal and a few drinks, its UK prices though as theres so many non backpacker tourists around, still we manage to squeeze in a 2 litre tower of chang, and feel a lil fuzzy the next morning. After a hearty English breakfast at Sir Winston Churchill's (yes its that touristy) we head out to look for the grandmother and grandfather rocks, which are rude shapes. Then lounge on the beach til the sun goes in. Tomorrow we set sail for Ko Tao.