Sam & Pete Hit the road

Previously on ”samnpete”: Arrived in Penang, bodged together a blog post about the past few days detailing absolutly nothing of use or substinence.. 

Penang – our second day here was spent mostly sweating. We travelled round the island to a beach resort and paid too much to use their pool and facilities Drinks were weak and exhorborant at 29RM, which works out at about $10 for probably half a standard drink. Food was about the same. The air conditioned shopping centre was a nice break in the afternoon, but after being totally spoilt in KL with 2RM street kopi (thick and rich ) the coffee here was a total let down – gah! Penang was nice, but our time there could have been better spent.

Nakhon Si Thammarat – Crossed the border into Thailand, customs was a mostly non event (mostly thanks to the 20 baht “processing fee”). Stayed in a nice little town a little smaller than Newcaslte. The locals here aren’t really used to seeing tourists (or Potatoes as the white folk here are known) and kids tend to stare, smile and wave – in that order. Plenty of families on motor scooters, with drivers as young as 12 and passengers of ALL ages. When it rains, they get out umbrellars that fail in the wind; or big sheets of plastic with holes cut out for the driver (not necessarily the person at the front). Just here for one night to break up the journey to Ko Samui.

Ko Samui – 3 day stay on an island resort Prices were expensive (apparently) for Thailand, but we managed dinner and drinks for around $15 Went snorkelling in a marine park off a nearby island, and rode the elephants Swimming and lying around also featured here.

Bangkok – from Ko Samui we had an 18hr trip to Bangkok. This involved a minibus, public bus, ferry, public bus and the overtight train. Slept well on the train, but the 5:30 arrival followed by breakfast and a river tour made it a long day – some people don’t cope well in the mornings and had trouble with this ( ).

– Pete