Koh Samui is located in the Gulf of Thailand (bordering the South China Sea in the Pacific Ocean). It is part of the Surat Thani province, and is only a two-hour express boat ride from Surat Thani’s Ban Don Pier.
It is one of Thailand’s largest islands and it has been a backpacker’s destination since the 1970s. For 350 THB each, a travel agent arranged a trip for us around Koh Samui. Tour includes a visit to: Wat Phra Yai (Big Buddha), Mummified Monk, Na Muang Falls, Grandmother and Grandfather Rock, and Monkey Show. Motorcycles can be hired also to tour around the island.
[This blog is part of the South East Asia in Six Weeks series which took place May-June 2009. Price of goods, transportation and so forth may already be different.]
Happy Birthday babney!
Babeny thanksss! Can hardly wait to travel again…
Aaack! That’s what I missed in Koh Samui! Grandfather and Grandmother rock!
Koh Samui was great but I almost drowned there! Ack! Good thing my BF saw I was struggling and saved me!