Today I am on Kho Samui island. After getting up at 8.00am and getting some breakfast I went to hire a motorbike for the day. The motorbike cost 200 baht for the day and as I had never driven a motorbike before me and Shiraz (who i met on the train from Bangkok) practised somewhere quiet for 10 mins. After getting the hang of it we planned our route around the island. As we started early the roads were quiet and we stopped off at the main beaches and sites. We al...

I arrived in Koh Samui this morning after taking a sleeper train from Bangok, then a 2 and half hour ferry to the island. After freshining up I walked round the island and got something to eat. I checked into the Cheweng Hotel...