Thinking hard what to report from some relaxing days at the beach just sleeping, eating, swimming and sunbathing on the island of Koh Samui. Well, some big news: I ended my book ban and started reading a book again besides reading into Malaysia, where we will go tomorrow. We are staying at the so called virgin coast of Koh Samui, where there still is lots of silence and loneliness on this very touristic island with all the amenities westerners like on vacation. From our beachfront bungalow we not only overlook the quiet bay of Ao Santi with its great beach, we also see the awesome sunsets with the Angthong Marine National Park and its green islands in the background. While people come here from all parts of the islands for the sunsets and the great view we enjoy living here for a couple of days.
It is great to walk this wide bay for hours, well, until we found out, that the dogs down here are even crazier than in other places. After a crazy puppy accompanied us back from a beach walk we thought it would be a good idea to instead walk on the road to the near village, which has some nice little restaurant spots, even a small pizzeria. But we couldn't know about JAWS!!! Jaws is the mean village dog who chases people on motorbikes and people walking by, so on the second night going out to the village we took one of our umbrellas, to be prepared for a fight. We ended up in that little pizzeria and were happy not to have encountered Jaws when he suddenly was lying there a couple of tables next to us on the floor. We figured out that Jaws is okay, when you are eating at the restaurant and even sat next to us at our table, so our umbrella came home unused. The dogs are both on the beach and on the street, switching sides whenever and wherever something is going on. Thailand really changes a dog lovers perspective...
Because lying at the beach and thinking only about Jaws can be too much after a while we decided to rent a motorbike to explore the south and west coast of the island. It was a beautiful trip around pretty original spots on Koh Samui without any resorts around and beautiful views. We saw some Wats with mumified monks, village life and hiked or better climbed up a waterfall to have a wonderful view over the island. It will be hard to leave this paradise for Malaysia tomorrow, but life and the trip has to go on...
