Koh Samui photos

[terryansimon]

I just got back from Koh Samui about two weeks back. thoroughly enjoyed myself there. mmm. nice nice place. I wanna go back there again. pardon the crap photo taking. I suck at photography now. hur.

anyways. went together with a friend. went to SA UIC to get ripped off a bit for airfare/accomodation and breakfast/airport transfer included. cost a grand total of $610 plus travel insurance for 4d/3n. not bad if you ask me.

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the name of the place where I stayed. a bit cheasy but nobody cares. I like the place. nice and homely.

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a shot of the premier league table which was sitting outside a pub down the street. hardcore people. updated every Monday. supposedly.

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mmm. nice. blue. water.

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hand carved soap. I happen to see a lot of this all over Koh Samui. I wonder if it came from a factory or something. nonetheless, she carved out four soap flowers for me in a space of one hour. nice. (=

[Lawrence]

I went there for a day trip only didn't see much, pls post more pictures! I know the shopping there is very cheap & nice to bargain..he.he!

$610 not ex what... can show the interior of the hotel???

[terryansimon]

the oh-so-famous grandfather rock. shall not make any lewd comments. (=

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grandmother rock. (=

[sunny03]

i think i get the joke of the 2 rock

ahhahah

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history of grandfather/grandmother rock.

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I didn't feel comfortable taking this photo initially. never liked the idea of taking photos within temples/religious grounds. however, this shot is of a monk who has died but body has yet to decompose. appeared on National Geographic in The Mummy Detectives. our personnal tour guide for 1200 baht *very friendly guy. helped us throughout the whole duration* said that through photographs, Buddhism can be spread throughout the world and beyond. or so he said. coz his english wasn't that. urh. good. no joke.

[Lawrence]

The sea is so blue, did you went diving??? I was there on Star Cruise for a day trip & everything was in a rush lah!!!

[terryansimon]

I'm a catholic, but I was awe inspired when I saw this temple.

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the thai version of the "sacred cow", elephants form an intergral part of the tourist industry. I felt rather guilty sitting on an elephant to explore the jungle. but at least these elephants are treated better by the mahuts rather than those elephants on the mainland where they are supposedly abused very badly. some cities even have elephants roaming down the streets.

[terryansimon]

the elephant trek took a while. half an hour at least. it was a short route, but the mahut kept stopping the elephant to talk to us. not that we mind. its been a while since I was in the stuck in the flora and fauna of a foreign country, the last being Taman Negara.

after the half hour elephant trek, we had to walk another twenty minutes up some rather uneven terrain before we witnessed what has got to be the most beautiful water fall we've seen within south east asia. then again, this is koh samui. and I'm in love with the island.

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I didn't want to include this picture at first. mainly because I'm in the photo. but I thought not having something to compare the sheer size of the statue of Buddha will not be doing justice to its size. have a look to find out.

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the Thais supposedly believe that there is a Buddha statue for each day of the week. and that praying to the specific Buddha on which your birthday falls on will bring good luck. I think this is one of them. not too sure.

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my friend decided to be arty farty and took this shot of me looking into the open sea.

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the narrow streets of Samui. passable for two cars. barely. but surprisingly, very few cars use the horns. the only horns you hear come from tuk tuks or taxis. or motor-taxis. which are motorcycle-taxis. they wear bips to identify themselves. hur.

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DVDs for sale. goodness. look at the attrocious english.

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one of the many dive shops. took a photo of this because I corresponded with them three years back regarding learning of diving. and no I didn't go diving. I don't know how to. =(

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look at how cheap seafood is.

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whats with the ang mohs over there thinking that me and my friend were Japanese people. but nice dog anyways.

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Thai traffic police. we saw some Tourist Police, but they weren't too keen on having their photos taken. this dude on the other hand, actually posed for us by looking straight ahead. must be lao jiao in skiving.

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a semi-shot of the room we stayed in.