Since my last post we have down an awful lot but at the same time very little! Most of our days have consisted of laying on the white sand reading our books and every so often jumping into the sea - I'ts a hard life - but I seem to be adapting to it quite well!
After spending a few days in Chiang Mai right at the north of Thailand in the jungle we decided we shjould go right to the south of Thailand to the Islands - we thought we would do this by night train instead of flying as it would be more exciting.
The first train we got was 13 hours and that got us down as far as bangkok - we went by 1st class train as unfortunately they didn't have any second class tickets left - having to go first class isnt somethinf to moan about though! we had our own room for 4 of us and was served tasty food. The next morning we got into bangkok and spent the day there chilling in a park waiting for our next train that evening going to Surat Thani which is the nearest train station to the islands, this time we went second class which wasnt quite as smart but it met some nice people as we didnt have our own room - including a very crazy south african man who didn't do the south african population any justice with his antics!
We finally made it to Surat Thani early the next morning and that was when we needed to get a bus,boat and then taxi to our accomodation - probably the craziest transport I've been on - nothing was safe! we got there eventually though and we settled down into our beach bungalows on Ko Samui!
Our accomodation in Ko Samui was very cheap and right on the beach! We spent our days chilling in the days on the beach reading and cathing a bit of the sun. The sea was warm and because it was a steep incline into the sea you could dive straight into the sea from the beach and you would be out of your depth really quickly. I invested in a volley ball and a set of beach bat and balls quickly so they kept us entertained most of the time! We also tried out alot of the local resterants which was fun and the sea food is amazing by the islands because its all so fresh! On the last day before heading off to Koh Toa we decided to go Jet skiing! it was absolutely crazy! Tom and I were on one and matt and Josh on the other! It was very scary and alot of fun as you can pick up alot of speed!
The next day we headed off to koh Toa (thats where we are now) by boat nice and early in the morning. Koh Toa is the most amazing island ever! its really really small as one side of the island is only about 2 kilometers long. The biggest beach stretches down that side ofthe island and thats where we are staying. On the beach there is never normally more that about 30 people which is amazing! we bought some snorkelling stuff and if you go out about 20 meters into the water you can see loads and loads of fish all different sizes!
2 days ago we went on a snorkelling trip for the day all around the island. The first stop was shark bay where we did infact see sharks! There was about 5 more stops where we nemo fish and all other types of cool fish and some funky corals and it was amazing when your dived into the water and there were thousands of fish surrounding me. The final stop was at a place called japanese gardens which is 2 islands joined together by a sand bar.
Today Tom and Josh have gone scuba diving whilst me and matt take a day off from the stress and will chill out by the beach!
Hope all is well at home and I do apologise to the people that struggle to read alot at a time for the length of this post!
Will x
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