The Islands of Thailand

We flew from Chiang Mai to Bangkok to Ko Samui on 26.Dec.2006. We stayed one night on Ko Samui at a place on the beach.

We arrived a day or two after some pretty heavy storms had come through the area. As a result, the sea was still pretty rough and the beach was fairly quiet.

After our night on Ko Samui, we took a boat to Ko Tao - a smaller, less populated island. Here is the view from the restaurant of the "resort" where we stayed.

We spent a lot of time snorkeling, reading, eating, and doing nothing on Ko Tao. It was great. Here are some pictures of our "Corona commercial" setting.

We stayed for three days on the southern end of the island, and two days on the nothern end. The sea was very rough on the northern end, so, rather than snorkeling or swimming, we opted for an extremely exciting kayak excursion followed by lots of reading, tea drinking, and coconut shakes.