A Glimpse of Koh Samet

Picture this. You wake up in your super air conditioned room. It's a bit frigid, and you consider going back to sleep for some time. Realizing that it's almost ten, you crawl out of bed and put on your flip flops. Leaving your bungalow, you walk down a few flights of mosquito-infested stairs and sit down to breakfast at a table that is, quite literally, on the beach. You order a banana shake and an "American Breakfast" and lean back to survey the scene. As you sip the frothy, creamy goodness that is a banana shake, the sun illuminates the water ahead, which glows turquoise. Scattered cumulus clouds slowly drift above, and you dig in to your hearty eggs while digging your feet into the fine, white sands. It's not too hot. Maybe 80 degrees and not very humid. As you contemplate whether it would be better to go for a swim, relax on the beach, or perhaps take a shower, you decide that it's better to simply not move. This is a good decision, too, because for the next three hours you have a wonderful conversation with Pramod while Alex and Rich effectively turn themselves into lobsters.

This decision making process basically repeats for the rest of the day. You wonder, when should I eat? should I go swimming? Should I sit on the beach? Or maybe I should go for a walk? Ahhh, life on Koh Samet could be much, much worse :)