Koh Samet, girl power: Motorbike around the island

On our second day on the island, we rented 4 scooters and took on the very bumpy road, motorcross style.
It was amazing, the day was perfect, the sky was blue, the sea even more and we... well, we were black with dust by the end of it, so we jumped in the water on a deserted beach at the end of the road, and to recover from it all, we had pina coladas while watching the sunset.

Tough life on Koh Samet...

Koh Samet, just us girls

Last week we spent three days in Koh Samet.
The trip from Bangkok is fairly painless, a bus picked us up from Rambuttri and took us to Rayong in a couple of hours. From there we took a slow boat which was slow to leave (90 minutes after boarding, it decided it was ready to leave. The island is like... 500 metres from Rayong but hey, what were we supposed to do, swim there?). Took 30 minutes of rolling on waves insanely - we got soaked - before we landed on beautiful Koh Samet.
We found the landscapes preety similar to our Mediterranean ones. Unlike the southern Thai islands, Koh Samet looks like home :)
We were really happy when we got to our bungalow: lost in a lush garden, right in front of a pool, with only us. It's the low season in Thailand, and we felt alone in the world. Our little terrasse with five chairs was made for a few evening playing contree and tarot, French card games I had missed more than I knew!








This was the view from our breakfast area. Tough.

Khao San and Rambuttri: the unmissables

When people come to visit, we always take them there first, before scaring them to death with the real Bangkok's pace and traffic. Not that Khao San is quiet... you really couldn't say that, but it's full of little terrasses, bars and restaurant where you can relax and enjoy a few beers while watching people interactions.
We ate well, drank well and the girls had a foot massage right there in the street. They fell asleep in the middle of it, as they should.

Good first impression of Bangkok through the coloured glass of Soi Rambuttri :)

Plein de filles a Bangkok

My girls came to visit: my friend Aurelie, first, then a few days later my three aunts. I'll break down this big adventure into a few themed posts, but for now here are some pictures of just us girls, Thailand style....