Our goal was to get the girls on almost every form of transportation so we took them on the khlong (canal) boat down to the famous khaosan road where backpackers have taken over. I'm still not sure what the thought of the boat ride but they are smiling.
Shopping...real smiles.
Next day we hoped in a taxi to the bus stop and here we got on the bus ...to the ferry....to the beach. No frills travel. We caught the bus at Ekami bus station but not without a stop at the 7-11 for snacks.
Our fancy bus.
The 35 min ferry ride.
Koh Samed...there is a fable involving these that I cannot remember. The statues were move up from the water in December and repainted.
The replacement statue. I don't think it is a mermaid offering her baby to the sea but then again, I'm not sure what else it might be.
Dinner on the beach.
The bust beach with a long line of people getting off the boat in the waves.
Sunset and getting ready for the fire show.
Buddha. Happiness is what the monk said.
Not 100% sure what this is.
Leaving Koh Samed is a super scary giant (Piseua Samut) but it was interesting to see from this angle that the sea has eaten away at her arm. She is "Butterfly of the Sea".
Back to Bangkok where the girls went to the city for a night and then headed back home.
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