Koh Samui - Day 1

We hadn’t gotten our act together to get clothes tailor made in Bangkok so we thought we better try in Koh Samui. We stumbled upon a tailor in one of the markets and decided to see what he had to offer. He seemed friendly and didn’t seem to be inflating the prices so we decided to get five shirts each. Jason was informed by Tony the Thai Tailor that he has a very common Australian name. Thai Tony had many Jasons in his phone address book.When we went back a couple days later for a fitting, we ended up walking out with another two shirts.

They say Thailand is the land of smiles; I say it’s also the land of Pad Thai, curries and massages. So in true tourist fashion, we went for a massage. I’m still not 100% sold on the massage and even more wary now after reading about several Aussies who had suffered injuries from getting a massage in Thailand. We've not had any issues, but there have been a few moments where I think "I hope they are trained and fully certified to do this". Jason didn’t have to worry about his massage being too strong. He complained the massage was too soft. He obviously likes to get tortured.

After the massage, we made our way back to the resort to have showers and tuck in for the night. In contrast to the highly developed urban area of Bangkok, the electricity in Koh Samui is prone to fluctuate which can then affect the hot water systems. And there had been a recent power outage which meant no hot water for Jason. He was not a happy chappy.Read more