Friday - 15 April 2011 - Samui

Sawadee Ka! OMG ! Another great day in Samui, it just gets better & better. Slept in this morning and if we were any more relaxed we would be moving backwards, or as the kids would say we would be in coma's. We decided today to give Chewang and Songkran a miss and visit Big Buddha instead. Rather than catch a taxi or songchaew there we thought why not hire a motor scooter for a couple of days, there are so many places we want to go all over the island and we want to go to Naton to do some shopping, so why not, our own transport is cheaper and gives us more freedom to go where we want, when we want. We have hired a scooter before on holidays in Pai and Phuket but this is our first time we have in Samui. Transport taken care of we headed off to Joa Mae Kuan Im, we always manage to miss this one and its only next door to Big Buddha, it was awesome as it shows in the photos, the only thing it was packed as during Songkran the Thai's make prilgrimages to all the Temples for good luck. So another visit is called for next week when it is a bit quieter and Songkran is over, from there we went on to Big Buddha, first stop 'Brunch' at a small restaurant there that we have eaten at many times before, the food was just as awesome as before. More market stalls have been opened since we were last here and it was packed with people, so another visit is called for during the week. Still tryiing to find some 'Big Mama' bathers so I can go swimming. Could take a while!!!!! Our first test run on the scooter we headed back to Q Signature for an afternoon Nanny nap which went for hours, this relaxing business certainly is tiring. We headed of to The Royal Siam restuarant here for dinner for the best 4 course Western dinner ever, and we were the only ones there, probably had something to do with the fact it was about 9 o'clock and being the last day of Songkran most people would have headed in to Chewang for the last nights partying and festivities. Back to our room to watch tele and of course, more sleep. i could really get used to this.... Can't wait for retirement. Tomorrow we move into our Private pool villa about midday and seeing as we have kinda made our room our home since we have been here we have shit loads of sorting and packing to do to move, ho hum! can wait till the morning after breakfast.......which will probably be around lunchtime knowing us... More photos to come... Kob Un Ka