I'm still in awe by how beautiful Koh Samui is. I've been to amazing beaches - islands in Hawaii, south beach, cancun, aruba, caribbean... but I've never seen anything this beautiful. Scooted around on our motorbike (my helmet is more like a necklace than a helmet so I decided not to wear it.. sorry mom, it doesn't stay on my head). Scooted over to a waterfall on the southern part of the island. We got a flat tire (CRAP!) ... but just like Starbucks, there is a 'vulcanizing shop' on every corner. So we literally walked 10 feet to get to one. Sweet. And for some reason.. it costs more to change the tire on my road bike in california that it does to have your tire, that is completely ripped apart, fixed on your motor bike. So $5 later we were back on the road zipping over to the waterfall.
We hiked up (reminded us of the half dome hike, although it was 2x hotter and there wasn't a bottle of johnny walker involved). And at the top we sat on the waterfall. It was awesome!
Jumped back on the motorbike and checked into Melati, a five star resort in Bophut (northern part of Koh Samui). Hello middle of nowhere. The resort is huge and it's made up of "villas" (40 of which have their own private pools). Needless to say, the place is amazing. It's nicer than the Ritz in South Beach, although there isn't a tanning butler (i.e. a guy with big muscles and a speedo that massages sunscreen on you). No complaints from me.
Sat by the pool (which is the biggest pool I have EVER seen.. doing one lap across it is exhausting) and ordered drinks since it was happy hour. Apparently "buy one get one free" doesn't mean "I get a drink and then Adam gets his drink free" it means "I get two of the same drink and Adam gets two of the same drink". HAHA!
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