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So we left Bangkok on Thursday and we couldn't get out of there fast enough.  One night was definetely enough with being bombarded by tuk tuk drivers who didn't speak any english and just wanted to take you places that you didn't want to go.  Our favourite word there was no thank you but even then they didn't listen to you.  We ended up taking the night train down to Surat Thani which actually wasn't that bad.  12 hour train ride and we left shortly after 5pm.  We met a couple from England and a guy from the States and that made the trip so much better.  We pretty much spent a majority of the ride getting acquainted and having some beers until we went to sleep.  We arrived just after 5am, very early start to the day had to wait 2 hours for the bus that took us to the ferry.  They tried to con us into paying them money to go in a pick up truck that left half an hour earlier, we said no, thank god because the bus ended up leaving at 7 am.  We got to the ferry on this bus that was packed like sardines and really uncomfortable seats.  They are definetely made for Thai people who are small not the average North American. 

So we got to Koh Samui and after walking which seemed like forever with our packs and sweating out about 5 pounds we made it to our place we were staying at.  The first thing was get into our bathing suits and go swimming.  We stayed at Lamui beach which is beautiful.  The water is crystal blue/green very warm, the sand is more grainy but we're not complaining. Better than snow that's back at home.  We finally feel that after all that travelling we can relax and enjoy the trip.  No schedules to worry about just working on our tans.  We both already have sunburns that are quite painful where one day out of the sun is needed.   We got Thai massages which were the best hours of our lives on the beach.  They massage everything from your feet all the way up to your head.  So relaxing and for only 200 baht.  Definetely will be taking advantage of that a lot more often.  Just walking the beach we have seen so many guys wearing speedos.  Some of them shouldn't but you can tell they just don't care.  We saw some beef cakes in speedos who were pretty ripped but thier tans where just over the top.  IT actually looks like their layer of skin is going to peel right off.  IT's not even a brown color anymore.  We have seen some women go topless and one we saw floating on the ocean totally naked.  A little uncomfortable but you get over it really fast.

The first night we went out the 5 of us met up with 2 other guys from England and went for dinner and drinks.  Had dinner right on the beach.  The food here is so good and cheap.  We then made it to the main street and went to an Irish pub, can't go wrong there.  There was a live band that was setting up and they were an Phillipine band, so we thought they weren't going to be all that good.  They were so entertaining, dancing around in their platform shoes, even the guy had them on.  They just played covers from the 90\s and Tina Turner.  The girl who did Tina Turner was bang on, so awesome.  We were really impressed and they just gave it their all with head banging.  One went to town with the tamborine, I thought her head was going to detach from her body with her shaking it and headbanging.  They were the best cover band we have ever seen.  They opened up with Angel by Robbie Williams, and we thought if you are going to open a set maybe you want to start with something a little more upbeat.  The guys from England were saying that that song is the most popular funeral song in the UK.  How depressing.  They went on and sang Dire Straits, Belinda Carlise, The Eagles and on and on.  After there we went to a bar that was a foam party.  THey filled the dance floor up with what looked like bubble bath.  We all went in and played around in it and once we inhaled it we couldn't stop coughing.  The strongest perfume smell we have ever smelt.  So we didn't go in there again, but one of the guys from England went in and was so drunk he fell in it and couldn't get back up.. pretty enteraining to say the least. 

Yesterday we took it easy by the pool and worked on our tans.  Erin was in the shade most of the day and still managed to get a wicked sunburn all over her body.  Right of our hotel there were these rocks, so I went with Toni and did a bit of rockclimbing  to get a better view.  With sandals and the heat not the best combination for climbing big steep rocks.  Did lots of swimming in the ocean.  Another day of really absolutely nothing.  We met 2 girls from Austrailia and another couple from England by the pool.  We all went out last night for dinner and drinks.  Experienced my first bucket night where 4 os us shared 4 of them and now I know why all you need is one.  It's crazy man, a whole mickey of samsung 2 bottles of red bull and a bit of coke for color.  The red bull here is nothing like back home.  It isn't fizzy and way stronger.  It's so nice to hear about other stories from different traveller's. 

We are now heading to the north of the island for a night to just check it out up there then off to Koh Pan Nnang tomorrow to gear up for the full moon party.