One nice thing about living in Thailand, is that no matter how broke you are, you can always find some affordable place to go on a 4 day weekend. To celebrate the new year (and to get the hell out of dogpatch for a few days) we took Palmy and her friend Mah down to Rayong and to Koh Samed island. They are about 4.5 hours south of us on the coast. It was very relaxing. The beaches are fairly clean, and it's not one of the hot tourist destinations, so it wasn't that crowded. Thats Roong on one of the beaches on Koh Samed island.
This pic was taken from the boat going over to Koh Samed island. It's a shot of the port as we were leaving. Rayong is a fishing port.
Roong and I waiting for the boat.
This is Roong figuring out what to order to eat on the beach. The beach is lined with these little mom and pop restaurant shacks. You can sit under the umbrellas and eat and drink all day long. The woman in pink runs the little cookery and took great care of us.
This is a shot of one of the beaches at Rayong. I am sorry it's a bit fuzzy.
This is one of the beaches on Koh Samed island. The island is filled with outdoor restaurants and party spots. It's nice though, and not trashy like the Pattaya beach nightclubby scene. It's a bit more expensive to stay on the island overnight, but for a few days, it's worth it.
This is Palmy and her friend Mah. And gee golly looky, they are giving the mandatory goofy Asian schoolgirl peace sign! Yeesh! They had a blast eating and playing in the ocean. They downed a few wine coolers and shot fireworks off on the beach later that night. I think Palmy ended up with her first hangover. Haaa!
Ok, now let's get to the important stuff! FOOD! The seafood is great there. If you go there in the morning, you can watch the boats catching your lunch while you sit there. The seafood was a bit pricey on the beach, but in the regular restaurants it wasn't. It's worth the price to just sit there in the breeze on the beach and have those huge ass prawns and a cold beer delivered to you.
Just me sitting on a rock.
