On our third day in Samui, we got up early walked a few paces off the front of the beach hut and dived into the sea and then rinsed off in the cold showers which were "not as bad as i thought" quote Jen!
With all that has been taking place in Bangkok and the locals seemingly wanting to pick a fight with each other we decided that the best option was to change our flights to Singapore instead of Bangkok and to bring it forward to next week and try to see if the sun is shining in Oz!
After 4/5 attempts of phoning Qantas and getting put on hold for what seemed like hours we did eventually manage to get the flight changed and so we decided to actually do something with the day so headed out on a scooter.
I decided that instead of being on a dull automatic (no offence intended to automatic vehicle users) I would rent out the manual well semi-auto honda 125cc they had. No problem i thought gears will be like a normal bike, well not quite there is a rocker leaver to change gear which i soon found out my heel does not bend down like everyone elses around so i had to take my foot off and push down with my toes! Then you change down for up and so yeah was all quite alien, but after a few rather jolted gear changes and Jen rocking about on the back with each change i soon figured it out and we were going along quite nicely until the bike started handling funny and yes there was a problem...we had a rear punctur, 20 minutes later at the nearest garage and about 100 baht lighter (about2 pounds ish) we were back on the road!
We found an aquarium which Jen was keen on going to, i reallty wasn't too fussed but she even bought my ticket so i couldn't get out of it.
It started out okay, fish...small...large, although it soon became apparent that they didnt really fit in the tanks they were in and so it was quite cruel really, they had tigers also outside in similar condtions which wasn't nice to see.
Our word of advice to anyone visiting Ko Samui, stay clear of the aquarium!!
Also on our journey we came across a Tescos and a Macros, they really do seem everywhere!
I now even have a Tescos own brand of phone charger as i lost mine somewhere along the way, it seems good so far although is off the thai plug sort so i will have to find an adapter to get a thai plug to work in Oz now, oh well that will teach me to lose stuff.
I almost forgot, my new purchase aswell, I now have a nice pair of polarised Ray Ban glasses and yes they are official! I needed a pair so didn't mind spending a bit of money on a good pair, especially after what happened to me last time i went travelling.
Tomorrow we are up at 6.30am to begin our journey down into Malaysia, first stop Penang.
Anyways i better go head back to the beach and yes i will make sure Jen has sun cream on, and me! Jen is already at the beach now outside our hut she is engrossed in a book and was happy enough so I left here to it!
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