Thelma and Louise Take on the World: Beach Safari to Koh Samui

Wednesday, May 9^th we were off to Koh Samui for the next leg of our trip and beach safari. We caught our Bangkok Airlines flight out of Bangkok and arrived on Koh Samui just after noon. Koh Samui is one of many of the beautiful islands in Thailand.

We grabbed our bags, met our car and were off to the Baan Hin Sai Hotel/Resort. It was beautiful. The resort is built into one of the rocky cliffs at the water’s edge. It doesn’t have a sandy beach, but it makes up for with infinity pools and gorgeous views. We spent the afternoon at the pool. That evening we sat for the happy hour where we had the most amazing pina coladas made with fresh pineapple juice and coconut cream. While at happy hour there was a pop up tropical thunderstorm. It was splendidly relaxing. We finished off the night with dinner at the resort in the cliffs.

Thursday, May 10^th was beach day. We woke up, had our breakfast at the hotel buffet, and hoped on the free transport to the beach just down the road. We arrived at the beach and spent the midday under the sun enjoying the crisp sea water. We did a little shopping and caught the shuttle back to our hotel. When we arrived back at the hotel, I fell up the stairs, slid a couple feet on my knees, and hit my shoulder and collar bone on the hand rail. It was really awesome. I made such a commotion that a Thai man doing gardening or something behind our place peeked out around the corner of our room to see if I was okay. In addition to my fall, we all also found out that we trgically managed to get sun burned at the beach. Awesome. We spent the rest of the afternoon reading, enjoying the pool, and nursing our burns and my damaged body. Afterwards, we caught a couple pina coladas again at happy hour and then headed to dinner at Dr. Frogs, a cliff side restaurant. Dr. Frogs turned out to be an excellent restaurant with a menu of classic Italian and traditional Thai. With the exception of the insects attacking our table, the food and the view were spectacular. We concluded the evening watching music videos including our favorite Asian bands 2AM, 2PM, Girls Generation, 4 Minute, and EMBLAQ. Gotta love Thailand!!!

Friday was a nice and relaxing day. We slept in, went to breakfast late, and then spent the day at the pool. The hotel was just so gorgeous that we had no reason to leave.