Samui Sun

Spent a few fantastic days in Ko Samui, a little island in Thailand. We stayed in Bo Phut Beach at a resort that turned out to be absolutely perfect. Lonely Planet says it's a "step down in luxury" which is probably right but we just really were pleased with the location and beach and hospitality. Plus there was a sweet buffet breakfast everyday on the deck overlooking the beach and ocean so that was nice. Actually it was just kind of fun to be there with a bunch of European families on their "holiday." I think we picked an absolutely ideal time to be in Samui because from what I can tell we were between seasons there, so it was not at all too crowded and the weather was awesome. I can't remember being more comfortable at a beach ever. Costa Rica had some sweet beaches but it was always so hot... the weather in Samui was perfectly hot but with a breeze and no humidity. One of the days we went to another beach on the island called Chaweng and crashed a five star resort to use their pool and beach area. Good idea by us! Weaseled our way into a yellow towel that made us look like we were supposed to be there. Brennan and I both managed to finish a few books which is always nice :)




One of the nights we were there I took Brennan out for his 25th birthday dinner at a place called Poppies (I will have to put a link in when I'm back on American computers). Ok seriously this place was SO good. We had a bunch of dishes but our favorite was definitely ostrich satay. We decided that if ever ostrich is on a menu in the future we will order it and always decidedly announce "this just is not NEARLY as delicious as the ostrich in Ko Samui, Thailand." The best part of the night hands-down, though, was the live music at this place. Brennan said if he could have a soundtrack of our trip it would be absolutely priceless. I'm talking 3am 80s love song infomercial style music. This included "If We Hold On Together" by Diana Ross from the Land Before Time - which of course sparked the conversation about how come Little Foot's mom dies in the movie and that I went to high school with a kid who looks just like Petri.

Saw this sign when I was walking down the beach one morning... LOVE IT!


So now we're on our layover in Bangkok on our way to Penang, Malaysia. Can't wait to see Meg tomorrow morning! Pray for us... I'm already getting an ulcer thinking about Brennan driving and me navigating the Malaysian freeway to Cameron Highlands and eventually KL! OYE.