At the place, the sunny day suddenly changed to cloudy and it rained. The wind is strong and the rain is quite heavy.
This is my first time ever staying at the beach while it is raining.
There is a old shelter whereby a lot of people stuffed in. Some wearing the bikinis and some wearing their swimming trunks only. When the wind blows, they shivered!!
I am smart, I am still on my clothes. Swimming costumes underneath it, as I am still not ready for swimming yet.

When the rain stopped, the boat tour guide quickly bring us to the boat and we had our lunch on board.
Everyone is enjoying their lunch.
While we having our lunch, the boat sailed again to bring us to another island, the Anthong's main island.

At there, we suppose can climb up the mountains to take a breathtaking view up there and also enjoying the beauty of the staglamite and staglatite. Climbing up there by only using a rope is totally not recommended by the tour guide because she said the path going up there is hard normal day, and moreover it is after a heavy rain, the path is going to be very hard, slippery and dangerous.
So, she advised us not to go up. But, if some insisting of going up, she didn't stop.
She said, on normal days, the journey climbing up there will take about 30minutes, but on slippery occasion, it might take longer than that.
I, being obedient, for sure did not take the risk of climbing up there.
So, it is a miss!
At there, we can go for snorkeling, kayaking and even playing sand volley ball.
I went around to the museum and also walking along the beach.
You won't believe it that the sea water over here is even clearer and the sand is even softer and whiter!!





We spent our time there for about 2hours and we take a leave.
It is totally unforgettable experience being there because the view over there is really beautiful!

At night, we went to a massage parlour.
I took the foot massage course while my mom took a back, neck and shoulder massage course.
The courses lasted for an hour.
After the whole day of adventure at the Angthong, massaging is really very soothing.
The lady massaged my feet and I almost fall asleep.
It is very comfortable experience of having a massage there.

During the night, the street is still full of people.
We took a short patrol along the street.
Along the street, there are various shops selling varieties of things, ranging from food to clothing to souvenirs.
I bought something which I find it special and beautiful and it is something which I never seen it selling in Malaysia.
At a first glance, I thought those were the candles where people lit for spa or something like that...
But, no!! Those are hand-carved soap!!



The flower is beautifully carved and the coconut shell is nicely made as well. And, it smells nice too. There are varieties of flowers to be chosen of and each of them bearing the different smell.
The lady wanted to sell us at 600THB, which is quite expensive, don't you think so?!
My mom bargained with her and in the end, we reached a compromise where she agreed to sell my mom at 350THB if my mom buy two.
So, we took two! One giving to my friend and another I keep to myself.

In short, all the things selling there are expensive as this is a tourism spot, for sure those sellers want to make money from tourists.
At night, you can see there are vans driving through, announcing, "Tonight, tonight, super fight, the best of the best is going to fight and you won't want to miss it. Reserve your place now and get there early to get a good seat to enjoy the best Muay Tai!"
Muay Tai is Thai-boxing. Usually, there will be a Thai kick-boxer with a foreign-kick-boxer in the ring.
I'd asked around, the ticket costs about 1000THB - 1800THB per person, based on the seating row. The show will starts at 2100pm and ended at about 0100am. There will be about 7fights per night. I intended to go for it on tomorrow night. But, in the end, due to we have not enough of cash, we didn't go for it. I'd asked to go on my own, but my mom didn't allow me, as saying the place must be very complex, and a girl going there will be quite dangerous, furthermore I am a foreigner, so she didn't allow me.

So, later on, we went to take our dinner and yes, it is seafood again!


3rd Day
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On the 3rd day, we woke up early too, because we wanted to go to the beach to get a view of sunrise.
Yeah, beautiful sun-rising, but very unfortunately, we waited until the sky turn bright, no sun seen rising.
And we know, our beach is not a good place of viewing the sunrise.
Nevermind, we went back to our room and take our bath, preparing to go for a day tour of Samui Island.
The van reached our resort at about 0915am, and fetching the rest of other passengers too.
The first place to visit was "Jao Mae Kuan Im".






At there, you can see the Guanyin with thousand arms (of course, the statue didn't show she has so many arms) and that place the Laughing Buddha is there too. It is still in progress of making the statue.


At there, the temple is beautiful too.
Inside the temple, there are Buddha statues and a monk statue too.

At that place too, you will find the Buddha footprint too.
It is an artificially made footprint. Some sort of a wishing print. You make a wish and throw a coin there.



Then, soon we left and go to the view point.
At there, same, you'll see beautiful sea view.
It is located at the Lamai beach. It is said that, at the view point there, you'll get to see the sunset, and it is the best viewpoint to see the sun setting down.




Actually, Koh Samui is surrounded by sea, wherever you go, you just can't get too far away from the sea

But, I reached there too early for the sunset. I reach there at about 1200pm, yahh, the sun is right on top my head, not setting yet.


At there, I snapped a flowers which it is seen everywhere on the island. It seems to be Thai's favourite, other than orchid.



Then. we go to visit the Big Buddha, near at the Bophut. It is about 20m tall Buddha statue, sitting there since 1972.
It is somewhere near the airport.
When the aircraft is landing, you can see the aircraft is actually flying just right on top of the Buddha's head.
I didn't manage to take the great shot.


The Big Buddha Statue, which is a must-go venue when you are in Koh Samui





At there, there is a monk reading the sutra for blessing too.

Very soon, we reached at a coconut plantation to see the monkey show. The tour guide said that the monkeys actually attended school and there is a monkey school nearby the plantation area. In the school, the monkey is taught to climb up the coconut tree and plucking the coconuts. They are taught how to take instructions from their owner and as well as some basic knowledge. It is said that an adult monkey manage to pluck up to 600 coconuts per day. After watching the monkey show, we are served with coconut water.


The handsome monkey, whom will climb up the coconut tree to show us how he plucks coconut everyday

Somewhere near the plantation, we visit the mummified monk Wat (temple).



He is well-preserved, mummified body of the monk named Loung Por Ruam. He was placed there for more than 25 years ago and he still looks remarkably good. Stepping in this Wat, I take a good look at this mummy. This is the first mummy I have ever seen in my life and he is so cool, he wears sunglasses! It's very impressive though!

Then, we go to Southern Lamai Beach to view strange rock formation.
It is named as Hinta-Hinyai Rocks (Grandfather & Grandmother Rock). The legend has it that an old couple whose ship was wrecked in the bay had their bodies washed ashore to create these strange rock formation which looks like male and female private parts. Hence it was named hinta-hinyai.

The grandfather was easily noticeable from a distance as it stands out. However, the grandmother was a bit hidden. Granny’s is a big rock opening facing the South China Sea.


The Grandfather rock, which look like a pennis


The Grandmother rock, which look like the vagina

Hinta-Hinyai is indeed a famous tourist attraction because first time visitors are curious to see the rock formation. Apart from seeing the rocks, the place is also ideal for shopping, as you'll find stalls selling souvenirs, handicrafts and fabrics. I bought dodol (coconut caramel), it is kind of junk food, which you can never miss it when you are in Thailand!



After that, we went to Namuang Watrerfall.
The waterfall is beautiful!
The place is cool. At there you can ride on elephant for trekking around the place. It cost 600THB per person, so expensive, so I didn't take the ride. I just snapped a pix with the elephants.



We went up to the place to get a view of the waterfall. It is about 80m high.









Then, I bought a barbecued chicken drumstick for my lunch. It is delicious.



After about 45minutes, we leave the place and go to the Nathon Town. It is the busiest town on the Samui Island. You will find markets, shops, banks, post offices here. The town had a long pier where boats from Thai mainland usually anchored here to drop tourists to Samui Island. Strange is that when I reached the town it is only about 1500pm, and most of the shops is closed. I asked the tour guide, and he said, on Samui Island, most shops are closed on Sunday and some open only for half-day. So, you don't feel it is busy. But, if it is on weekdays, the town is really a very busy place.

We stopped at the place for about an hour before we take a leave.

After that, we went back to our hotel. When we reached our hotel, it is already 1700pm. We are tired and I got sunburn after being out for the whole day on the sunny day.

On the next day, I looked tanned.

Of course, no need to say, my mom and I eat seafood for our dinner again. This time, we took seafood basket offer, which is a promotion from our hotel. It is 1200THB, serving ideally for 2pax. So, I took the offer.


4th Day
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We wake up a bit late. At 0800am only we woke up, and of course, first thing, waking up, like usual, we go to the cafe to have our breakfast. Since our check-out time is 1200pm, we still have time. So, we leisured at the beach for the last time.
At there, a dog playing with me.
I run out to the sea and it followed me out to the sea as well.
When I take a closer look on sea-shells and starfish, it too take a closer look at those things...haha...it is cute!

The time slipped through fast, soon it is about time for us to get back and have our shower and get things packed.
I "goodbye" to the doggie and walked back to my room.


I'm outside "the Library" hotel, which is located at Chaweng Beach as well.

The car came at 1300pm to fetch us to the airport.

Reaching the airport at 1330pm and queueing for check-in for flight. Upon checking in, I got the notice that my flight is delayed!
So, we take some time to look around the place.









Arriving in Penang only at 1830pm.

So, I went back home.

I had had a nice vacation on Koh Samui. If you are asking me, will I be there again... my answer, will be YES!


Love,

~ flynnx ~