Koh Samui

The trip from Bangkok to Koh Samui was about 15 total hrs but it was well worth it.  Our trip started on a bus, switched to a boat, and then to a small van.  There was a 3 way tie for which one was the worst to travel on.  The bus sucked cuz it was overnite, and im not good at sleeping on buses.  The boat sucked because I can get seasick if there are really big waves, fortunately for me there were.  And the van once we got to the island was just very cramped and the driver randomly stopped 3 times.  The first time he ran into some store to drop something off, clearly was necessary.  The next 2 were a lil more interesting.  He pulled over in what appeared to be the middle of nowhere to pee, twice.  Ok i understand ya gotta pee man but the trip was maybe like 45 mins max.  I feel like i only pee that many times when Im drunk.  So maybe we had a drunk guy driving us around, really wouldnt surprise me for Thailand.

Regardless the resort we stayed at was right on a secluded beach with only a few other hotels.  So pretty much we had the beach all to ourselves.  There was one tiny problem tho, it rained.  All day.  The ginger side of me was happy because I didnt have to hide from the sun but still rain sucks when ur at a beach.  We still went into the water and tried to enjoy the beach but it wasnt as exciting with rain.

One of our friends from EPIK orientation happened to be staying on the island as well with one of her friends so we decided to meet up with them for dinner and drinks.  We ended up heading to a 'girly bar' area.  Basically girly bars are bars with only women bartenders who happen to also be hookers.
Since im on the topic of hookers I guess ill tell ya about the prostitution scene in Thailand.  Mainly because its IMPOSSIBLE to avoid in Thailand and its interesting.  Ok so anywhere, and i mean ANYWHERE you go in Thailand you will see old men with Thai women half their age, or less.  The thing is you dont just see this at nite.  Its all the time.  So pretty much what old creepy guys do when they come to Thailand is 'rent' girlfriends for a day, week, month, however long they want.  The men then go shopping, out for dinner, to the beach, sightseeing, you name it with their new 'girlfriends.'  Weird, ya i know.

Anyway we had a good time that nite gettin drunk at the girly bars surrounded by hookers.