Paradise found

I first spent 2 nights in Koh Samui. After 2 days of constant harrasment from taxi drivers, copy-watch vendors and all sorts of other street touts, I was happy to leave.

The beaches there are great, but the main beach Chaweng is way too hectic for my likings. I am now reconsidering whether or not to bother spending another night there before I fly out and will probably travel to Samui on the day of my flight.

I arrived on Koh Phangan island yesterday, which is a 30 minute ride from Samui by Catamaran. What a place.

I am staying on a magnificent palm tree lined beach at the foot of the mountains called Thong Nai Pan Noi.

I am definitely giving the beaches a work over.

There are a number of stray dogs that roam the island, that are incredibly docile most of the time - they just lie on the beach and sleep. I now know where the saying 'its a dogs life' comes from, and it is not all bad. On a downside, I was walking along the beach after dark last night and got 'attacked' a pack of about 6 of them. Pretty damn terrifying, but I managed to get them to leave me alone without getting bitten.

Let me tell you, there are not too many experiences better in this world then swimming in a bath warm ocean on your own. I plan to do a lot more of this in the coming days.