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May 29, 2004

26/5 Ko Samui - Beach, Clubs and Cruisin'


After settling in to The Lucky Mother Bungalow, I had drinks out the front, on the beachfront with an Irish couple (Amon and Neve) who I had met during the ferry ride, as well as a Surfers Paradise couple (Greg and Michelle). This was it, I was finally lying on a Thai island beach, drinking my Mai Tai (and Pina Colada), looking up at the stars.... mmmmm :)

After that, Neve, Amon and I went and had a glorious dinner down the (I want to say road) beach, I had a Penang Goong (Prawn) Curry, as well as the free salad bar, all of this ON the beach. Absolutely magic!

These places also have fresh seafood on display, with prices per 100g, from 35baht for mussels to 130baht for lobster. Its not THAT cheap really, maybe it is on other beaches or islands less developed than this.

From dinner, we all went out to Sound bar, whereby i was given a free Chang beer (courtesy of Amon via a coupon). Some Ministry of Sound DJ was playing, as he is now doing weekly - he was ok, nothing special. Neve and Amon left, and I went round the corner to the Green Mango. Now it seems that the Green Mango is a bit of an institution around here, its styled into a BIIIIIG bungalow, with a large 'dance/trance' area, a pool/snooker area, various general drinking sections and a hip-hop/reggae/more general music section.

It was absolutely kicking by the time I got there, and I was already feeling a few feet away, so I decided to stick to Sprite :)

(start late night story)

Not much happened for a while until I met Shane - an Irish bloke with more balls than brains. We gain a bit of dutch courage and started dancing with some girls, who shortly after left (as the place was technically closing). I say technically, because I stayed on (in a smaller, enclosed area) with Shane and a couple of other girls (I wish I could remember names better) for at least another hour to 90 minutes. The girls were pretty cool, and I was given info about Ko Pha Ngan as we shared various travel stories.

At about 3am or so, the girls left, so we decided to go on (someone else had mentioned a Buddy Bar being open - near Lamai, south of Chaweng). The following 15 minutes contained one of the hairiest bike rides I've even been on!!! Shane was an absolute PHSYCO rider!

Anyway, we got there in once piece (well, two pieces, or even maybe three if you consider the bike), and found Buddy Bar pretty happening for that time of night.... although barely any western girls left.

We had a few drinks, including Vodka Red Bulls, and a Thai version of a depth charge (Thai Whiskey shot inside a glass filled with Thai Red Bull - note, Thai Red Bull is apparently significantly stronger than 'western' red bull, which is why it comes in teeny bottles).

(start later night story)

So anyway, dutch courage again, chatted to some good looking Thai girls, one of which seemed very uh, pleased to meet me. I wasn't entirely sure of motives, so I wasnt as reciprocally responsive. Anyway, all four of us left there, and the girls took us to another bar, Lek Bai, which I think is pretty much unknown to farangs (westerners.... I've only read about the term though). We didnt stay there long. It seemed the girl I was with ('Or') was overly 'forward' in part due to the fact that there was some unhappy stuff happening with her (ex)boyfriend... which made her friend ('Ung') umhappy to see her flirting.

Anyway, after hearing this, I relaxed a little, and took the girls home. Shane went back to his place (I was going to meet up with him the following Day, but I never saw him at the allocated meeting point/time), and have not seen him since. It would be nice to catch up again, as I felt a deep underlying sense of companionship beneath his Irish drunken facade ;)

Or wanted to look after me, for being nice, and taking care of her, so we went to the markets (this is about 5am now) to pick up some food for her to cook for me. We went via a beautiful scenic lookout, just as the sun was rising.... I'll have to see if I can wake up early enough (or stay up late enough) to see it again and photograph it.

After a couple of trips to the market, I slept while the girls cooked. We had some spiced pork, veges and squid, yum! We all then had some well required sleep after the meal....

Posted by Dan at May 29, 2004 06:31 AM

Comments

Wow! This is the kind of stuff that I expected to happen on these islands. Neat, eh. xx

Posted by: Mum at May 30, 2004 09:53 AM