Reunited with the sea

It's been too long since we were last at a beach so enough was enough and we packed up our things and headed south to the island of Koh Samui. Our flight wasn't until 4pm so we made the most of the 12pm check out and did some research and booking for our Australia part of our trip. When 12pm came we said a farewell to our hostel and only had to speak to two taxis before we found one who would use a meter. The journey was incredibly long and the heavens opened once we were in the car luckily. Once we arrived at the airport we couldn't see our flight on the board so went to check and turned out it had been cancelled. Luckily they could put us on an earlier flight which worked perfectly for us when we were there early anyway. The flight was only 45 minutes but we got a free on flight meal so that was a great perk. Once we landed we saved money by getting on a mini bus to our hotel instead of a taxi on our own. Turns out we were quite far from the airport so this really worked out well for us in terms of money. The hotel is pretty lovely and right on the beach with a pool and bar on offer. We booked some excursions to do over the next few days and also a ferry to the next island before we headed out for some dinner on the beach front. Our reception told us a fire show was happening on the beach ronight outside our hotel so we headed to watch that after food. It was incredible. A little disorganised but amazing what these men and boys can do, one boy looked only around 13! They used all manner of devices to swing the fire around pulling off many stunts and tricks. Our favourite was two huge balls of some sort of fabric on chains that once lit and being swung just disintegrated creating a sea of sparks. They preformed these on high platforms or with two at once, one on the platform and one on the beach. We had a front row seat and they kept coming up to the end of our loungers performing the tricks. The heat was so overpowering, I'm not sure how they stand it for so long! At one stage they had the boy on a guys shoulders with another guy hanging off the front of him all swinging their own chains of fire. The show went on for 2 hours which did drag a little but it was so worth seeing and a great perk of the hotel. Hopefully more shows like tonight will happen while we are here.Read more