Koh Samui

We booked ourselves on a fishing and snorkeling tour and after waiting an hour to be picked up our lift finally arrived. We got a tuk tuk with 2 other couples and thought it would be a good day with a small group and when we arrived at the beach and the boats, we were given our own guide and our own boat! Was a great surprise. So we headed out on a long boat and dropped our lines in. We were fishing “thai style” which meant we were using hand reels. In the first 5 minutes our guide had caught 2 small fish and Rudi and I were getting nibbled but that’s about all! About an hour or so in and asking Pop to help me catch a fish, I got a huge bite and actually thought I was snagged. I pulled it in and to everyone’s surprise I had a small ( but very very big, humungous and ferocious) shark! We asked the guide to throw it back and I don’t think he really wanted to but after showing it off to the other nearby boat and a brag photo for me, he threw it back! Rudi had a big bite too, that nearly pulled him and the reel into the water but it got away so I think he was just faking it! Hehe! Anyway our guide caught another fish and after a couple of hours we headed to a nearby island for a bit of a swim and some lunch. The guide cooked the fish he had caught for us, was pretty yummy and we had lots of other food aswell at our own private picnic on the beach! Oh and for the first time in Koh Samui the sun is shining today! After lunch we were supposed to go snorkeling but the sea was quite rough and cloudy so he said it wasn’t very good for snorkeling so we spent another half an hour fishing for Rudi to redeem himself and catch something! No luck…more nibbles but no bites! We headed back to shore which was a very rough boat ride. The waves were big, we got soaked and I’m surprised the boat stayed upright! Anyway we had an ice-cream and a beer then headed back to the hotel. After a quick power nap Rudi got me up and we headed to the beach as we hadn’t had a swim in the beach near the hotel and since the sun was out today and it was our last day we thought we better. We walked down and it was quite busy. We went to go in and as we got near the water the waves looked quite scary. They were crashing right on the shore and it was almost impossible to even get past them to calmer water. Rudi eventually succeeded only to be picked up and dumped face first into the sand! The funniest thing I have seen in ages after I knew he was conscious and ok! I didn’t make it past knee level! We had a sleep on the beach for an hour or so then headed back to the hotel for a swim in the pool! More drinks in the pool and our last swim in Koh Samui. We packed all our bags ready to go for the morning then headed into town to our fav restaurant where we shared a beautiful BBQ Red Snapper. Delicious! We walked back along the beach sad to say goodbye and now we are exhausted and looking forward to a good sleep.