While waiting for our Vietnamese visas to be processed we spent about a week in Thailand primarily on Koh Samui. Steve had dreams of long, white, secluded, sandy beaches lined with coconut trees where we could lay back in hammocks and sip cocktails. We started off on the island's second most popular beach, Lamai Beach, where the sea was rough and the beach was overcrowded with disgusting, leather skinned, overweight sunbathers all on a beach lined with trashy pub...