Ko Samui 3rd Day City Tour, Hin Yai and Hin Ta Rocks, Mummified Monk, Lamai Night Market.

Today is our 3rd day in Ko Samui and we had planned for a spa retreat in the morning and a city tour in the afternoon, using the same van person we had booked on the night of 2nd January while on the bus.  However, the spa package was too expensive and we had already done foot massage the night before so it was cancelled. 

So we walked out for breakfast, the three of us, Bee, Sau and me

 Sau had his favourite coconut santan soup (almost every meal he ordered this!), here he scooped some in smaller bowls for us to share

and of course Pad Thai!

We went back to Marina Villa and I saw the kids enjoying the pool 

 made the most of the resort and took lots of photos

 I took the kids for lunch at the hotel beachside restaurant while the parents went for morning spa at Lamai

limited choices so we had the usual Thai fare

right by the restaurant there was this shed with in house Thai massage

look at the intense session of Thai massage! at only 350 baht an hour, full body! of course there was mani and pedi too...

Carol came back from her spa and look at the lovely pool view! there are 2 pools, one facing the sea

 Then we are off four our city tour, and first stop is grandfather and grandmother roc (Hin Yai and Hin Ta) but first, we needed to have famous Thai coconut ice cream!!!

most delicious coconut ice cream!!!

hahaha.....grandfather rock!

and...teng teng teng......Grandmother rock!

 Ryan with his grandmother...hehehe

 kids on the rocks

 Na Muang Waterfall

 Wat Khunaram which houses the shrine of the Mummified Monk Luong Prodaeng

he died in 1973 in a seated meditative pose, and in case you are wondering, the sunglasses covers his empty eye sockets!

Short skirts and hot pants are still allowed in this temple.

 Next, the ride to the Wharf was so long, everyone fell asleep

 snooze...z.z.z.z.z.z.

 The Wharf Samui is a clean, trendy night market for tourists

 you can get all sorts of knick knacks

 and the girls got some bangles and chokers for themselves

 and as souvenirs for friends back home

such a pleasant stroll as it was already evening

 next we went to the Wat Phra Yai with a giant 12m tall golden statue of Buddha

 atop a small rocky island that can be seen after climbing 62 steps!!!

It is the first landmark visitors see when arriving in Koh Samui by air.

We did not climb the 62 steps, we gave the excuse that our dressing was inappropriate!

 Then we went back to Lamai, and tonight we had pasar malam food!!! We waited a long time for this seat!

 We had food off the streets and shared it amongst ourselves like the grilled fish above

 and satay with lots of salad

yummylicious!

 then walked around for more food and action! 

 This says "famous for steaks and ribs"

but there were live dancing with scantily clad girls gyrating round poles on table tops!!!

and Ryan got cornered by a ladyboy!!!

We regretted we did not get to see their cabaret show!!!

While Bee and Sau wondered off on their own, and Ryan had roadside pint with his parents, I took the girls for roadside shopping for more baggy elephant pants!

Yeeha! says Ely with the selfie stick as, at 16 she is the tallest and had the longest arms!! C ya tomorrow!

Ko Samui 2nd Day at Ang Thong Marine Park

The next day we had to get up at 7.15 for the Ang Thong Marine Park Tour. Carol had paid the deposit and today she paid up the rest which was 1300 baht per person.

 Breakfast was on the boat

 the ride was very very long!!! You can see legs of tourists sunning themselves on the roof!

 Scenic views as we passed....

 since the ride was long, we took photos on deck....

then we had to transfer to a small boat to get to the island!

 There's a camping site. a marine park for snorkelling, a trial for hiking to view a lagoon and kayaking after lunch.

 a secluded and shallow place for snorkelling and swimming.

These activities took us up to lunch, and it was on the boat.

 

After hiking you get this beautiful view of a blue lagoon

 kayaking, a first for me and quite safe and fun!

At night, dinner was on our own, and we hit Lamai street again!

 

We just ate whatever caught our eye!

Then all of us crammed into one shop for foot massage.

While all of us had tame foot massages..

 Ryan had an intense one..the girl actually got up on the bed to give him a thorough massage! 

 We were all so jealous!

You can see the whole shop attended to the 7 of us!!

Next day we are going on a city tour and I promise to be more detailed as I suffer a neckache and splitting headache due to severe exposure to sun maybe???