Koh Samui Thailand

Breakfast was at the Great Outdoors - the buffet is so crowded that it's a nice break.

We gathered with our group of 8 for the tender, which ended up being a lovely teak boat- pretty full so Glenn, Wayne, and I ended up going below to our private deck.

We met our guide, SuPot for today's adventure with our Gang of Eight.

The first stop was the Big Buddha Statue - impressive - a bunch of steps, and worth it for the view.

We then went to Wat Plain Laem- a series of Buddhist and Hindu figures- on the water with lots of fish.. The complex is quite beautiful, and we had yummy banana chips and bananas in coconut milk.

Then for a view of Silver Beach before heading to the Market -for food tasting - yum!!! We had spring rolls, rice and omelette, sticky rice, pork satay, Thai chiccharones (?), mango-- all yummy.

The Mummified Monk was sporting sunglasses- and some of his fans provided swap-outs.

Darla saw some people selling durian- so we stopped while she & Rick had that experience. Glenn said the smell reminded him of a teenage boys ' lockerroom. The driver attached the bag to the rear wiper outside the van.

The Namuang Waterfall was quite lovely . I got a view through trees. Wayne walked to the bottom of the hill for a full view. We had a quick stop at a beach, then back to the ship

We went to the buffet hoping for cookies, but "settling" for chocolate flan which we enjoyed on the fantail as we departed our Anchorage.

We met a couple from Ireland- Frankie &Johnny, and British friends Bob & Diane, and Chris & Alex. They snowbird to Spain, and met there.

Wayne and I went to The Local for sandwiches and carrot cake- and then to bed.Read more