The path to the right of the photo leads to our cabin. The whole place was really green with lots of plants and trees and this created privacy for the cabins.
Our cabin taken from the side. From the front the cabin looked very long and was quite big inside. A balcony ran the full length of the cabin and was quite private. The beach is only a couple of steps past our cabin.
We arrived in Koh Samui in the afternoon and got a taxi to The Kirati Beach Resort in Chong Mon in the north of the island, which we had pre-booked via the Agoda website. The Island has several beach resorts - Chewang, Big Budda Beach, The Fisherman's Village in Bo Phut, Mae Nam and Lamai among others. I have never been to Samui and, although Colin has been there several times, it was many years ago. Colin used to stay at Lamai Beach which, at that time, was still quite busy but not over- developed. We knew that Tourism has mushroomed over the past several years, especially with the building of it's own airport, so when we were deciding which beach we were going to stay at we had to do a bit of research.
Emma and Craig were staying in a 5-star hotel resort near Chewang Beach. It was really nice but a bit pricey for us budget travellers - what we were paying to stay at Kirati Beach Resort was more than we would have liked to pay but is was still a heck of a lot cheaper than 5-star. We didn't want to stay in Chewang itself, where we would find budget accommodation, as Chewang is the busiest and noisiest place on the island.We wanted to stay at a fairly quiet chilled place but at the same time, be close to where Emma and Criag were staying.
We liked what we had read about Chong Mon Beach and it was only 15mins away by scooter or taxi to where Emma and Craig were staying. Chong Mon is a really quiet place where most places are closed by 11pm. There are several 5-star resorts and a handful of budget travellers accommodation. Although it is mainly 5-star resorts, you can still find really good, cheap eateris on the main street. The beach is a small cove, but big enough to be able to lie on a sun lounger and not have anyone anywhere near you.
Our accommodation turned out to be really good. It was very spacious and had a fridge and TV. We even splashed out and got AC, but you really needed it there as the humidity was horrendous. Great for us having a fridge as we could stock it up with ham, cheeses, yoghurts etc. Then, instead of having to go somewhere to eat breakfast, we could relax with it on the balcony. We had originally booked to stay 2 nights, with the view of moving on to somewhere else if we didn't like it, but we ended up staying there for the full week we were in Samui as we really liked the place.
On the day we arrived we txt Emma to let here know we were finally in Samui. Poor Craig had the Thai Trots and was going to be room - bound for the rest of the day and night. We arranged that Emma and Craig would come to Chong Mon the following afternoon.
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