We had a few days to kill, due to the waiting period for our Vietnam Visa's, so we picked the closest island to Bangkok to visit, Ko Samet. Three hours by minibus and a 45 minute ferry ride and we were laying on a beautiful white sandy beach. The accomodations were pretty neat, it was a one room wooden bungalow that sat on stilts. This was important, I thought, with the 2004 tsunami still fresh in everyones minds.
The beach and island was less commercialized than any other island I had been on. I don't want you to think it was too rustic but, it was great to still have the convenience of A/C and hot showers with out a McD's or BK on the street corner. The hotels seemed to be family run and provided a quaint place to relax and enjoy the beauty of the Gulf of Thailand. It was very easy to get lost in a book or spend the day swimming and watching the surf come in.
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Oh how I dream of those days on the beach! Please, enjoy them for all you can in honor of those whose weather is in the 30s today! Brrr.
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