Dec 25...Finally there

Christmas trees at Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui
Originally uploaded by kuckibaboo.

Merry Christmas to us! Now let's get on that boat! Fed, watered and showered we were on the boat and on our way by 10 am. The boat was a big 'ol diesel engine ferry/tour monster that I figure held about 200 passengers but likely should have only held about 150. We were seated in the lower part of the boat and the inflight movie was Spider II. By noon we had made our way past fishing villages on stilts and totally out of sight of the mainland, across turquoise waters, and into the port of Nathon on Koh Samui. Here at last and on schedule. We got online at internet cafe/travel agent and sure enough Russ was online and gave us directions to the place he was staying. A short cab right later we had ourselves a tidy bungalow at Lucky Mother's and Raquel and I had lunch and a huge icey cold beer each. By 2 pm we were swimming in the ocean and playing frisbee. We met Chris and Cory a couple from the Sunshine Coast in BC that had also come to Koh Samui to meet Russ. That night with not a turkey in sight for at least 3 countries in any direction we treated ourselves to Christmas dinner at Pizza Hut. Dinner followed by a nice long walk on the beach made all the travelling from the 3 days before quickly fade to distant memory. A Merry Christmas indeed!