Koh Samui Thailand

We flew from Phu Quoc, Vietnam via Bangkok to Koh Samui, Thailand on March 29th.  It was a relatively easy process to pass through immigration and transit to our next flight.  We arrived in the late afternoon and were able to get some groceries that night as we settled into our apartment.

We stayed on the north end of the island where there were many temples and Buddhas.  This large one can be seen when you are landing.  It was very hot during the time we were there but we still respected the temple dress rules.

The meat and fish are right out in the open with small makeshift fans keeping the flies off the goods.  We also shopped off the food carts in the streets.

We did a day trip to Pig Island.  The departure point was in the south part of the island – almost an hour drive from where we were staying.  We travelled by long tail boat with 8 other people over to Pig Island.

We discovered this paradise on a motor bike ride around our neighbourhood so were not properly dressed for temple touring.

We made friends with one of the local tailors and had several items of clothing made for us.  Ken got copies in linen of all his favourite pants and shorts along with some nice new shirts.

We are now back in Canada and getting settled into our new condo in West Kelowna.  We are still working on the purging process but are very much enjoying the simplicity of our new lifestyle.

Travelling has taught us how to live in much smaller spaces than most Canadians are used to.  We also learned to shop daily (or almost daily) for the food we would make.

We will work on a recap blog of our 17 months of travel to share some interesting tidbits.  We plan to set out next fall and after a 5 week stop in Mexico, will travel to Central America and then spend most of the winter in South America.  We will update the blog with those stories next winter.

Thank you for your interest in our experiences   It has been a joy to share them with you!