Day 1
Not having slept a bit the night before, I was knocked out for the entire plane ride from Shanghai to Bangkok. Originally we had about an hour layover time before our next flight from Bangkok to Ko Samui, but our plane arrived late so we only had about 30 minutes. A short Thailand travel agent man greeted us at the gate and we rushed through immigration and check-in and barely made our next flight. The flight to Ko Samui was less than an hour. When we arrived, the first thing that surprised me was the airport. Ko Samui does not have an ordinary airport. It looks more like a large tropical shack, which I thought was so cute!
Ko Samui Airport
The night started badly as I lost my debit card at the airport and our luggage was delayed. =(
Thankfully our hostel was only a short ride away. My expectations for the hostel were low, but it was quite nice. Although there are no fancy decorations, room service, or comfortable amenities, it was very clean. The guesthouse managers were super super nice. The husband was an American while the wife was Thai. They helped us book tours, told us the best places to eat, told us how not to get ripped off, etc etc. They were so helpful!
We were too tired to explore the nightlife so we just walked around on the Chaweng Beach street and ate at a nice Italian restaurant called rice. The food was good, except the weather was so hot! The restaurant was open-styled so the heat made the dinner a bit less enjoyable. Speaking of weather, it took a bit while to get used to the humid air with temperatures reaching almost 100 degrees fahrenheit.
The rest of the night consisted of just initial exploring as we were too tired to do anything that required energy.
Day 2
Excited for our first full day in Thailand, we started the day by eating lunch at Chaba resort's restaurant. The great thing about most of the restaurants on Chaweng Beach street is that they are all beach-front. So we ate Thai food while enjoying the beautiful view of the beach.
Chaweng Beach - it's much nicer on a brighter day
Afterwards, we got a Thai massage, also right on the beach. The thing about Thai massages are that they really do stretch you out! Depending on the person, you will be twisted and stretched out like you've never been before. They're also only less than $10USD. After the massage, we discovered this great place called Ark Bar, where they have tons of wooden beach chairs on the sand so you can enjoy the beach while eating, drinking, and smoking hookah.
Ark Bar on Chaweng Beach
We spent several hours at Ark Bar, reading books, drinking and eating. When it got dark, we decided to walk on the Chaweng Beach street and stopped at Mambo bar for a snack and happy hour. That night, we went out to Green Mango club, one of the supposedly best clubs in the area. It's full of tourists of course, but I liked that it was quite big and the top is open so there is no ceiling. Clubs/bars in Samui offer drinks in buckets for about $12USD. A bucket sounds huge, but it's actually smaller than I originally thought. Imagine a child's sand bucket filled with alcohol. It's still a good amount though, although ours was quite weak.
That's it for the first two days of Thailand! Keep reading to see how the rest of my spring break was! :)
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