mARTin-on-tour.demy travel blog

Another less-than-two-hour-sleep night, our flight to Koh Samui departs very early at 6am. Nevertheless, it is the cheapest air ticket we can get – to depart very early and on return to arrive late at night. We take a cab to the airport which is driven by a very sleep driver, it is definitely a scary ride.
After some refreshment at the Bangkok Airways lounge, we get on the plane when the sky is still dark. In less than an hour, we arrive Koh Samui. The airport already looks exotic, very much like a resort. We collect our luggage and catch a cab to the Samui Laguna Resort. Cabs here are relatively very expensive comparing to the Bangkok standard since the Island is pretty much occupied by tourists. They don’t drive with meters, you have to agree on a price beforehand. Also, there are no public transport on the island, except some minibuses like tuk tuk. However, it is cheap to rent a motorbike or a car here. The price for renting a car for a day is somehow like driving in a cab for fifteen minutes.
We take a walk around Lamai where our resort is located. It is interesting to see so many tourists driving on motorbikes, whether it is a guy or a girl and whether they are skilled or not. We have lunch at a local style eating place. The chicken satay and noodle soup we have are both appetizing and cheap. Later, we go back to our room to take a nap and also look for accommodation for the next days.
In the evening, we go out and search for a dining place. At one end of Lamai, we see a big sign saying 99 Baht Thai B.B.Q. Buffet All You Can Eat. It seems very attractive and that quite a number of locals and tourists are already eating. We take a table there which is built from bamboo sticks it has a cover which somehow makes it a small cool hut. They have a wide variety of uncooked food you can choose from, different kinds of meat and vegetables and also some salad and noodles. In the middle of the barbecue pot is a grill area and the surrounding is filled with water for boiling food like noodles and vegetables. We enjoy a full barbecue meal and happy that there are no mosquito bothering us.