All we really knew was that we were ready to leave the wet weather of Australia and head for sunshine and heat. We didn't really know what to expect of Samui except for the photos we saw on the internet. In our wildest dreams, we couldn't have imagined the beauty of the land, water and people of this lovely island. We booked a fabulous villa overlooking thousands of banana and coconut trees. Beyond that was a view of the Gulf of Thailand. We rented a little jeep that seated two so Caryn, Amanda and Ryan always rode in the bed of the jeep, standing and holding onto the roll bar. Because July is the start of rainy season, almost every afternoon we got stuck in a monsoon rainstorm and arrived back at the villa with the three of them drenched.
Our many adventures on the island included driving that same little jeep around the perimeter of the island through different moo baans. We frequented several beautiful beaches including Chaweng, Maenam, Bophut and Lanai. It didn't take much arm twisting on David's part to get Caryn and I to agree to massages and pedicures on the beach. Of course, the food was great and we bought food off of the carts regularly (yes, David had to stop at EVERY one we saw that had something we hadn't tried before). One of our biggest EATING adventures was stopping to eat at a "bbq" place for dinner. We were the only farangs in the joint and very little English was spoken. So we used our powers of observation to guide us through this delectable experience. Our sight seeing included visiting the Big Buddha, going to Fisherman's Village and negotiating prices for t-shirts and dresses, riding elephants through the rainforest and visiting rock formations that resemble the male and female genitalia (we only went because the story was sweet and romantic - :0).
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