Koh Samui - Day 5

The next day we took a walk up to the pagoda near our hotel, Chedi Wat Khao Hua Chuk. The steep incline to the pagoda meant there was no need for leg day in the gym. At the top of the pagoda, there’s a panoramic view of the island. There were two Thai ladies who were taking in the views. They didn’t speak much English and our Thai is very basic but we were able to strike up a conversation. The clouds were starting to gather over the island so we decided we better make tracks home. We made it back to our room just before it started to piss down rain.

Once the rain eased, we went in search for lunch, settling on one of the restaurants along Chaweng Beach Road. Finally, we got a curry that was nice and spicy. All except the Massaman curry that I had at the Patpong Night Markets in Bangkok have lacked any spice, despite asking for it to be Thai spicy.

As we tried to find our way home, another British tourist asked us, once again, if we spoke English, the second in two days. She wanted to know where she could get valium or sleeping tablets, prefacing her question with “I’m not a drug addict, I just have a 16-hour flight back to the UK”. Throughout the conversation she repeated this statement, which made me question whether she really was a drug addict. We told her that you needed a prescription in Thailand for anything that she was after. She thanked us and we went on our merry way.

After a few wrong directions, we made it back to the resort, ready for leisurely drinks by the pool. We had started another tradition of catching up with a group of other Aussies staying at the resort. We’d all meet by the pool and have a few drinks.Read more