Bangkok -> Surat Thani -> Koh Samui

So we arrived back in Bangkok and got dropped off at Khao san road to get a hotel for the night before we had to be at Don Mueng airport the next morning, our flight was at 6.10am !!

We found a nice little hotel on the street before Koh San that worked out at 250 bht each, it was grubby but ok for a few hours sleep !!

That night we went for a walk down Koh San and to a lane around the back of the temple, where i had gone last year for an amazing curry. This Indian was no longer here so we found another right on the corner of this 'alleyway' , keep walking straight up and you'll see it. It's upstairs on a balcony. The food was great. We had three Chicken Massala Curries with rice and 2 garlic naans - massive !! Two drinks each and it totalled 810 bht for all three of us. It was great food and great value for money, couldn't eat anything afterwards !!

We then made our way to a bar on Khao San road that plays live music , i also went here last year and really enjoyed the singing and great views of Khao San !! The drinks are a little more than you would normally pay but deffo worth it for one.

After this we went back to our hotel to get some sleep.
We reawoke at 4am and got a taxi to the airport for 150 baht. Our flight was good and we got free water and a brioche bun. Once we arrived at Surat Thani , it was 7.15am, the airport has many leaflets on thinsg to see and do. It also had many kiosks and one will provide you with bus and ferry tickets to get you to Koh samui. We paid 400 bht each which included the bus - 1.5 hrs and then the ferry 1.5hrs. We got to Koh Samui around 12.30am and the bus had left the airport at 8am, so great value for money.

We loved Koh Samui as soon as we arrived, there were a lot of taxi touts all wanting to take you somewhere, but these are expensive!! So we decided to walk and find a hotel , well we must have walked for around 1 hour in the hot sun !! Luke had a snake walk right infront of him , practically over his feet, scary stuff. Koh samui seemed a lot more expensive than Bangkok. We eventually found a hotel we were happy with (financially too) It was 250 bht each for the three of us and was owned by a lovely old lady. It turned out it was right where we started which is just by Nathon Pier , turn right up the coast and its up a driveway, look for it's sign. (Yuan buan )

It was a minute walk from the seafront and came with aircon , water, wifi and coffee!!! It was a five minute walk from the piers. After getting showers and sorting our stuff out, we took a walk along the beach and sunbathed on some lounge chairs infront of someones hotel. No one came out and we could get on their wifi !! The weather wasn't too great so we just slept until we got hungry and got a picnic from 7-11, consisting of a toastie, burger , crisps and 2 litre fanta each. It came to 142 bht !!!

We then went back to the hotel to shower etc again. Then we went out for dinner to a place along the front which was the last one before you cross the road - turn left out of the driveway and keep walking on this side of the road until you reach this restaurant. DONT GO IN. The service was rubbish , the cocktails were horrible and the food midly better.

We went back to the hotel a few hours later and had an early night ready to all get our different ferries back.

Leigh and I woke up early and had coffee in the lounge. Leigh asked if she could come with us to Koh Tao instead of travelling to Phuket like she originally intended. Ofcourse we said yes and we all went to 7-11 before getting a van to Big Bhudda pier - where the ferries depart for Koh Tao and Koh Samui.

The open top vans can fit 8 people in and it was only 50 bht each to get to the other side of the island which took around 40 mins. Here we walked again looking for accom for ages, we eventually settled on a three bed for 800 bht owned by a friendly Belgian called the Friendly hotel. He managed to sort out our tickets to Koh Tao at 600 bht each. We spent the day on the beach here which was a lovely day , so we got in the sea too. It was a five minute walk from the hotel.

We found a great little English place for dinner where we got sausage and mash, pie and casserole. It was soo yummy and cheap and the guy who owned it was lovely. It was on the same street as the hotel and easy to find with its very large Fish n Chip banner hanging from its ceiling!!

We were up early to be at the Seatran pier for 8am , it was a 20 min walk from our hotel and was on the same road. The boat was smart and we got a pot noodle on the boat- thai equivalent for 20 baht and it was sooo yummy. It took 1.5hrs to Koh tao and stops at Koh Samui first. The journey was good and we were all sooo excited.

Love S and L xx