Adventures in Koh Sumui

The Fisherman's Village does a night market every Friday night, so we decided to check it out after a day of relaxing on the beach. We had heard it could get really crowded, but it was nothing compared to the night market in Chiang Mai. We managed to get all the remaining souvenirs/gifts we had been looking for, so it was also a productive night. We read that you can get cheap cocktails from the drink carts and really yummy street food, so we decided that was going to be our dinner for the evening. Cocktails were only 70 baht (a little over 2 bucks each..um, yes please) and the street food was delicious. It was a really fun night!

We didn't actually eat any insects, but of course we had to take a picture.

Our Mai Tai's for 70 baht and delicious little noodle thingy's!

Today was our trip to Koh Tao and another island nearby (blanking on the name at the moment). We took a speedboat to these islands which took about 1 hr 30 mins. Both the scenery on the way there and once we got there was beautiful!! We had the option to go snorkeling, but Natie and I don't really enjoy doing that very much, so instead, we walked around the island which is famous for gorgeous viewpoints. They had a trail that you walk up that led you to an amazing viewpoint above the islands (was about a 15 minute hike straight up the island, so not too bad). Definitely worth the little trek (and my body definitely needed the exercise) - check out the pics below. 

View from the top of the view point...picture doesn't even do it justice.

More amazing island views.

Once we got back, we got showered and dressed up for our fancy evening out. We had decided we would do at least once fancy dinner out where we would get dressed up and spend more than 20 bucks on dinner (which is actually hard to do around here, ha). Earlier in the week we had endured a 90 minute presentation which tried to convince us to buy a vacation package, but in doing that, we got a 4,000 baht voucher (appx 121 bucks in US dollars). So, in the end, the painful presentation was worth it. There is a very good restaurant here at our resort called Full Moon, which gets great reviews, so we decided to try it out. The meal was delicious - we got lots of seafood since we are staying on the water and it was a nice little break from all the thai food we've been eating.

Natie's Sea Bass marinated in Thai spices along with some veggies, salad and potatoes.

My Snow Fish (never heard of it but it was sooo good) topped with Fois Gras (yum) and stacked on top of creamy polenta with some veggies.

Kahula and Chocolate Tiramisu - so good!

our fancy date night picture :)

Tomorrow, Natie and I are going to hike to a nearby waterfall and then laze around at the beach/pool the rest of the day. On Monday, we have another excursion lined up to go see the National Marine Park that is nearby. Stay tuned!! 

Can't believe we only have a week left, but definitely missing Murphy (we seriously look at pics of him everyday) and Owen (please send me a pic, Megs...I need a fix) and dying to meet our newest little friend, Aleksander Klancer!!! XOXO