Last full day on the island

Today is the last full day in Koh Samui and we wish we had a couple more days here before we start to head home.  Monika says that after looking at our pictures she thinks that we have vacation face and in her words, "For me that means when it is obvious that the person is so truly relaxed. It takes especially long vacations for me to experience letting go of thinking that returning to work is just around the corner."

I would tend to agree with her that this has been one of the best and relaxing vacations that we have taken and I don't want to see it end, however we do want to get back home and see the Murph-dog and all of our family and friends.  I think that was probably a run on sentence, but this is my blog and I do what I want!

Anyways, back to what everyone is looking for - pictures of food! There are also pictures of our excursion today, where we went to the Ang Tong Marine Park.  Happy Monday and see everyone soon!

Late night munchies. (you wouldn't think a silly bag of chips would be spicy, but those drum stick thingy's were f'ing HOT! -says Renee)

Our lunch spot yesterday - see the vacation face?

More vacation face.

Chicken ka-pow. (good, but Renee wanted more Thai Basil)

Koi Soi - a little different than the one we had up in the north but still equally as good.

We went back to Cafe 69 for dinner since it was so good the first time.  Duck red curry wontons.

Fried rice Tom Yum - interesting twist on fried rice - super spicy.

Salt egg stuffed chicken legs in a penang curry.

Kayaking today at the Marine Park.

A view of the Marine Park.

A shot of us.

I think we had to climb about 10 flights of stairs similar to this to get to the Emerald Lagoon.

The Emerald Lagoon.

First Days in Koh Samui

On Wednesday, we took off from Bangkok and headed about an hour and some change, south to the island of Koh Samui. We decided to stay at the Anantara Resort on the north side of the island in Bophut near the Fisherman's Village.  We chose this side of the island because we heard it was a bit quieter than the bustling Chaweng Beach where all the youngens go to party - man we are getting old. We are also able to walk to a lot of places around here, which was another advantage.  

For tomorrow we booked a day trip to one of the other islands here, Koh Tao, where we will be able to sightsee and get some good pictures.  Hopefully we can get those posted soon, but in the meantime here are some of the pictures so far of the hotel and the food on the island.

We are sad that it is our last week here but are excited to see how Murphy and his training with Trish at Silverbrook Kennels are doing.