Ko Samui, Thailand

Today we planned to spend time on Chaweng, so around 11:00 we set off for that area.We’ve been to Chaweng town before but not to the beach. The long beach is built up with accommodation, shoulder to shoulder, and each resort seem to jealously guard their piece of beach. When one tries to get to the beach through one of the resorts, you are always “welcomed” by a security guard which promptly reminds you that this is private property. Towards the nothern end of the beach there is however a modern shopping arcade that leads from the main Chaweng road directly onto the beach, which we thankfully discovered. This arcade spat us out onto the beach, directly opposite Koh Matlang, a tiny island some 100 metres offshore. Chaweng beach is nice with mostly fine white sand and the water clear in most areas. We ambled along south, passing tanned bodies, beach bars and discos, bungalows, both high end and low, also some very fancy resorts. We finally found our place in the sun and settled down for a suntan, a rest and a swim. We gathered our goods and walked further south, found another cool spot and did the same all over again. Once the tanning was done, we moved back to the main Chaweng road where we settled down for a Cuppucino and an icecream cone. Walked up the Chaweng road for a bit to check out the wares, which are basically the same as anywhere else on Samui, bangles, headphones, wooden serving dish that folds up into itself, fake Tag Heuer watches, fake Ray Ban sunglasses etc. Back on the beach (we managed to slip past a security guard), we walked to roughly where the car was parked on the main road. Adri decided she needed a bit more colour and proceeded to catch the last few rays of the day. I have had enough for one day and settled down at the nearest beach pub, ordered a Singha, followed by another one in quick succession. On the way home we stopped off at our Big C Supermarket to do some last minute shopping and ended up eating roast chicken, chips and a loverly salad for supper, this after the now compulsory, strong, gin and tonic.