While researching places to visit, for my upcoming trip to Thailand, I came across this website that was not doing the best job advertising to the tourist population. I copied and pasted these quotes direct from the website, so no paraphrasing on my part. :) This is definitely the one place I knew I wanted to visit--primarily for a nice, relaxing-coma-style beach vacation, complete with sun, surf, fruity drinks and Thai massages. Now, I don't know what to think!
I am flying out on February 25th with a great friend I met over here. She has been counting down the days since day 100, and since then, every 10 days I get an update saying something like, "we're in our 90's", "we're in our 60's" and so forth, referring to the number of days we have left. Until last night, I didn't know she had this application on her phone that has, down to the second of when our plane takes off next month at 8:45 a.m. I casually asked last night if we were, "in our 40's" yet, and to my amusement she excitedly pulled out her phone and told me down to the second, how many days, hours, and minutes until we leave. Like a kid at Christmas. We are both loving and learning a great deal from our Korea experience, but we're also incredibly ready to do a bit of travel and then get back home. Home. Home. Home. We miss it.
The other day in class, I had my students draw their favorite meal. One of my students, Kim Min-joo, drew a plate full of Gingerbread Man Cookies & Bacon. She swore up and down it was the best "meal" EVER! Maybe everything does taste better with bacon...I don't know. I just love, love, love my kids.
Night Life
So called girlie bars are rather common and often a little more expensive. If you are a man, do not be to surprised if one of the girls wants to follow you to your room. Normally she is not too serious if she say that she is in love with you though. She is doing it as a work to support herself and often also her family
How to get around:
Walk
Nice, but use a lot of sun screen and be very careful in the traffic.
Bicycle
Just rent it. It's cheap. But be very careful if the traffic is intense.
Nice, but use a lot of sun screen and be very careful in the traffic.
Bicycle
Just rent it. It's cheap. But be very careful if the traffic is intense.
Your Safety
Many people dies every year in Samui traffic! The roads can be very dangerous at nighttime. It is stupid and like playing Russian roulette to drink and drive here. IMPORTANT! Please, do always bring your insurance with you! Some hospitals require it if you end up in an accident. Please, be careful in the Samui traffic - Always! Also, try not to leave your precious belongings in your room when you go out. Burglaries are not common but can occur. Especially between 5pm and 8pm there might be some mosquitoes outside. Please protect yourself with cloths or repellents as cases of dengue fever are reported occasionally.
And that's my impending, tropical island, beach vacation in a nut shell!
I am flying out on February 25th with a great friend I met over here. She has been counting down the days since day 100, and since then, every 10 days I get an update saying something like, "we're in our 90's", "we're in our 60's" and so forth, referring to the number of days we have left. Until last night, I didn't know she had this application on her phone that has, down to the second of when our plane takes off next month at 8:45 a.m. I casually asked last night if we were, "in our 40's" yet, and to my amusement she excitedly pulled out her phone and told me down to the second, how many days, hours, and minutes until we leave. Like a kid at Christmas. We are both loving and learning a great deal from our Korea experience, but we're also incredibly ready to do a bit of travel and then get back home. Home. Home. Home. We miss it.
TidBits:
The other day in class, I had my students draw their favorite meal. One of my students, Kim Min-joo, drew a plate full of Gingerbread Man Cookies & Bacon. She swore up and down it was the best "meal" EVER! Maybe everything does taste better with bacon...I don't know. I just love, love, love my kids.
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