Thailand Holiday with El and Baz

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Military Coup in Thailand

2 weeks earlier we walked passed this exact spot in Bangkok. A few days after arriving home who would have known there would be a coup. I was a little annoyed to have missed out on the action...

Lagos centre of chaos

After an excellent holiday I arrived in Lagos...

Taxi's in Bangkok use LP Gas

It was our last day in Thailand and we needed to go and fetch those tailor made rags (suits) from our Tailor (sweatshop). Our taxi driver was about 60 - 70 years old and drinking red bull like there was no tomorrow. Barry pointed out to the guy that there was no petrol in the car. He said that this car didn't use petrol and it used gas. Well , we pulled into the filling station and he opened up the boot and refilled with LP gas, very interesting...

Back to Bangkok

Bangkok airways was pretty good except the legroom, I got a window seat but the engine blocked any possible view.

Last night in Ko Samui

The best place to spend your last night would be on the beach.

The long and winding road

After leaving the magic garden we decide we needed to head back to our bungalow before it was dark. The roads in the middle of the island are not ideal for scooters. We were lucky to get out of this one alive. The factors against us number 1 It was the rainy season and if it started raining we were gonna be stuck in the mountains for the night. Number 2 we hadn't seen a single person for a few hours. Number 3 we were lost. Number 4 we were running out of petrol. Number 5 we were driving scooters on the worst roads known to man. These roads weren't even on the map of the island. Well we made it out alive and just in time as we approached the main road it was getting dark. We were dam lucky...

The magic garden

View over Western side of Ko Samui

Peak eye view restaurant

We stopped here for a late lunch, this also happens to be the highest point of the island and in the centre of Koh Samui. It is 635m high.

Monkeys in Thailnd

Namuang Waterfall 1

A waterfall of 18m you can walk or get an elephant ride from the parking lot. If you are a tourist it costs 10 Baht to park your bike, no charge for locals...

The Secret Coral Buddha Image Hall of Wat Samret

The Buddha's here represent all countries that are buddhist.

Buddist gravestones at Wat Samret

We arrives at this temple. While we were walking around an old man jumped out of his treehouse and gave us a guided tour of the place. There was a 400 hundred year old tree and some interesting looking gravestones

Buddha's footprint

After driving up and down the main road we eventually came across this place. It's a 5 minute walk up a hill and not very well looked after.

There was a little boy who pooped in my shoe !

We were driving around the island and I suggested we go get some cold drinks from a shop. We stopped at a small local shop and as it is customary to take off your shoes before entering, I wasn't going to disrespect this. I took off my shoes and went inside and got a bottle of water and a can of coke. When I walked out of the shop there was a little yellow surprise in my shoe and a 2 year old boy walking around naked. I thought he may have puked in my shoe, but when I saw some poop coming out his bum I realised he had left a special something in my shoe..
I used my bottle of water to clean my shoe. The shopkeeper took his little boy to get cleaned up. I got on my bike and headed for the sea.

Motorbike trip 2 around Samui

It was our last day in Samui so we decided to spend the whole day exploring the isand. This was going to be a memorable one

The Sun East Bungalow

After 3 nights at Al's Hut we moved next door to the Sun East. It was cheaper and had a pool.

Tropical Murphy's irish pub

Singha Beer will knock your socks off

Most Thai beers are quite strong. Singha is one of the most famous of all and has a whopping 6.4 % alcohol content. A few of these lagers and you will be well on your way, but beware you will be rewarded with a surprisingly nasty hangover the next day. Tiger beer is about the easiest drinking beer. There are rumours that Thai beers contain formaldehyde.

Relaxing on the beach

We had lunch and the afternoon to relax on this island. Then it was back to Ko Samui..

The Beach.

Alex Garland's novel The Beach was set in Angthong National marine park. The movie was shot in Ko Phi Phi or somewhere around that area..

Kayaking

After we had completed our morning of snorkelling and doing a bit of sight seeing we grabbed a Kayak. This was loads of fun as Barry and I had a Kayak and tried our best to either splash Jeremy and Richard or just kick their asses in a race. Of course the S.A boys won. There were 2 British guys with no co-ords, they had no idea how to steer a Kayak and were continually crashing into rocks. They crashed into us a couple of times. The 2 Israeli guys were probably the most unfit people around. They arrived 10 minutes after everyone else.

The lagoon called Thale Nai

This is also known as the emerald lake. It is a sea water lagoon.