Ko Samui, Thailand

Woke up early-ish, the weather was splendid, so we decided to hit the beach as early as possible. But where to go ? We remembered when we were on Koh Samui previously, we rented a car for one day and drove around the island when we happened upon beautiful Thong Son Bay, which lies at the north-eastern part of the island. Could not remember exactly how we got there, but we decided to go searching for it.

On the way there we have to pass the Big Buddha, so we stopped off there for a look around. There are a number of little shops and restaurants, and of course, the Big Buddha.

Having made a mental note to come back to Big Buddha for shopping, they have some lovely stuff here, we left to continue our search for Thong Son Bay. We first took a wrong turn and ended up in a very up-market area with many million dollar mansions, built on a steep hill with the most incredible views, some over Thong Son Bay. Having seen our prized beach from this vantage point, we easily found it, ordered drinks from the local restaurant and settled down on a spot on the beautiful soft white sandy beach. After we had our fill of the sun, we moved to the restaurant where we ordered Mai Tai cocktails, The photo of these specific cocktails you will also find on the main page of this blog, picture perfect.

We stayed here until early evening and left for the Fisherman’s Village’s Friday street market. We strolled through the street market which has literally hundreds, maybe even a thousand stalls, up along various streets. We had supper on the road, so to speak, buying doner kebab, fried potato on a stick, sushi etc. at various food stalls. Things to buys are clothes, shoes, leather art, sunglasses,etc, etc. With feet and bodies now tired, we opted to go for cocktails at our favorite cocktail venue here where we watched an old fisherman clearing little silver fish from his nets. His wife was assisting and before too long, their middle aged son also came to help. It was lovely to watch an art which, I believe, is fast disappearing.