Off to the beach

As nice as Bangkok is, I've been yearning for the beach for weeks if not months and today I should finally get there. I'm off to Ko Samui, one of the main beachy islands of Thailand. The weather may not be 100% great as it's the wet season of sorts, but if Bangkok's anything to go by this tends to last for a couple of hours and there's generally sunshine for the rest of the time, while it hardly matters if it's raining if you're in the sea or pool. There's also the benefit that I get to enjoy low season prices, so rock on I say. The place I'm staying has internet so I shouldn't be out of touch, although I will be doing my best to put a good many things 'out of mind' for a few days! The plan is to do little other than lounge around and swim and at some indeterminate period when I'm done with that I'll see where takes my fancy next.

Of interest to the frequent flyers among you, I've booked myself on a prop flight over to the island. Although jets also do the route at the same price I've never flown in a prop before and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to give it a go. I'm hoping it will be quite 'seat of the pants', buffetted about by winds and tubulence more than the bigger jets. It may sound weird but that's my idea of fun! Next blog, from the island!