Koh Samui

After another nightmare journey (I won't go into details this time), we arrived in Koh Samui. Having left the Greeners in Bangkok for a day we met up again here. Spent most of the time on the beach and in the sea, as you can see from the photos and evenings out with the Greeners.
The hostel we stayed in was quite nice, just a 10 minute walk from the centre which meant the beach was quieter where we were. The owner was very friendly and had a little daughter that was also very chatty, even though she didn't speak English... except when she did an exact impersonation of me saying "careful", complete with South African accent. It was hilarious!
For New Years we had a delicious meal and then headed down to the beach. As soon as we got down there we were offered fireworks, rockets, sparklers, Chinese lanterns and drinks. It was a really nice atmosphere and fireworks were being fired off every few seconds. We were a bit scared at times, as some of the rockets were not firing into the air and were exploding on the beach, but everyone was fine. As New Years came the sky was alight with fireworks from all directions on the island... although there was no countdown. We really enjoyed spending New Years on the beach, a first for all the Greeners.
We'd like to thank Les, Eileen and Kelly for coming to meet us and spoiling us while they were here. It's been really nice meeting up with family when you're half way round the world, especially for Christmas and New Years. Kelly also treated us to Dr Fish, this involved hundreds of little fish in a tank eating away at the dead skin on your feet. It didn't hurt, but the funny vibration feeling all over your feet and legs took some time to get used to, it was quite ticklish as well. We enjoyed it though and our feet are better for it.
We said good-bye to the Greeners and headed off to Koh Phangan.