{"id":11736,"date":"2025-03-09T18:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T22:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/?p=11736"},"modified":"2025-03-12T16:50:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:50:44","slug":"koh-samui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/koh-samui\/","title":{"rendered":"Koh Samui"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11736\" class=\"elementor elementor-11736\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5003222d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5003222d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a4d9442\" data-id=\"2a4d9442\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa81012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fa81012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Koh Samui<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69d1ebc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69d1ebc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f757b7\" data-id=\"7f757b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e65d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e65d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>16 September 2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c28a0c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c28a0c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d01b319\" data-id=\"4d01b319\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55286ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55286ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9042-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11714\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9042-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9042-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9042-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9042-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9042-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9042-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-602bd541 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"602bd541\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1410e487\" data-id=\"1410e487\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69707ac0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69707ac0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Koh Samui is Thailand\u2019s second-largest island, located in the Gulf of Thailand. The island has a mix of beaches, resorts, local markets, and cultural sites. Many visitors to the island move on to visit the nearby Ko Pha Ngan and Koh Tao.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3165647a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3165647a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36370a73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36370a73\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c4d2355\" data-id=\"7c4d2355\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eb3aa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7eb3aa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4225-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12005\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4225-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4225-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4225-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4225-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4225.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-469af2a\" data-id=\"469af2a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce6b563 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce6b563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most important part of our trip to Koh Samui was meeting up with our friends! We had reunited with Brandon in Krabi, but it was on Koh Samui that Ashley and Jocelyn flew out to meet us. Ashley had a very hectic start to her trip by missing her first flight, but everything ended up working out. She and Jocelyn arrived at about the same time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-436c7fdc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"436c7fdc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ff627b2\" data-id=\"7ff627b2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c5745e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8c5745e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24dcf018 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24dcf018\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">D\u00eda 1<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85d8ae6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85d8ae6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Maenam Beach\u200b<\/li><li>W Beach<\/li><li>Chaweng Beach<\/li><li>Wat Plai Laem\u200b<\/li><li>Chaweng Beach Road<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb09784 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb09784\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12e89f1\" data-id=\"12e89f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b4c566 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b4c566\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We had mostly rainy days in Thailand, but this day we were lucky enough to have some decent weather. We got up at 8:00 am and rented a scooter to meander around the island. We rented the cheapest model from a shop right next to our hotel for 150 bht\/day. I was suspicious because I rely heavily on Google Maps to make decisions about which businesses are trustworthy, and this place has no online presence. That, and the guy gave me a suspicious vibe, so I was a little wary of being scammed. I still went through with it, and luckily, we had no issues. We drove to a craft store in town, where Indi got some crochet equipment to start a project while laying on the beach. We went back to the hotel and got ready for a beach day.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fcb944a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fcb944a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04e604b\" data-id=\"04e604b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-160d61d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"160d61d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a626bb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a626bb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maenam Beach<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26233d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26233d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9040-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11746\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9040-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9040-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9040-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9040-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9040-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9040-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7971a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7971a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We set out intending to beach-hop until we got tired of the beaches or it started raining too hard to continue. To start, we drove 15 minutes north to <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/sDSZVuTJSrSg8hhs7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maenam Beach<\/a>. Maenam Beach is a long stretch of calm water lapping on golden sand on Koh Samui\u2019s northern coast. I called my parents. Indi and I chatted with them while we sat in shallow, warm water. It was fairly windy and the beach was mostly empty.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f9c8c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f9c8c2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cff11b\" data-id=\"8cff11b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f31bb62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f31bb62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f879af0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f879af0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">W Beach<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-095b2c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"095b2c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9046-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11747\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9046-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9046-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9046-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9046-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9046-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9046-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b107ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b107ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, we drove to <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/Tps42DPMoSH5cz58A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W Beach<\/a>. To get there, we had to descend a steep road that had me nervous about the quality of our beat-up rental scooter&#8217;s brakes. We made it down to sea level and parked outside of the luxurious W Koh Samui resort. We walked down a well-maintained pathway running through the resort from the road to the beach. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W Beach is a narrow stretch of sand that extends into a small, curved peninsula, creating a distinct point where the shoreline converges. The land gradually tapers into a narrow tip, giving it a distinctive &#8220;W&#8221; shape when viewed from above. The beach was mostly empty, we picked a spot and laid on our towels but didn&#8217;t get in the water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a2ccc45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a2ccc45\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69a4676\" data-id=\"69a4676\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e4c82a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9e4c82a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aec058b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aec058b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chaweng Beach<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7a7f05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7a7f05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our last beach of the day was the popular Chaweng Beach, where we met up with Brandon. It was definitely the best beach of the day, but not on the same level as other beaches we had recently seen in Krabi.<br \/>Chaweng Beach is the busiest and most developed beach on Koh Samui. It&#8217;s a long stretch of white sand along shallow waters. It is a hub for tourism, with numerous resorts, restaurants, and bars lining the shore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2886975 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2886975\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e860b78\" data-id=\"e860b78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bc3fdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1bc3fdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5ce560 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5ce560\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wat Plai Laem<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63a7a0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"63a7a0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11736 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"63a7a0d\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_9055\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE3NDIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL0lNR185MDU1LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNjNhN2EwZCJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9055-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9055-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9055-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9055-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9055-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9055-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9055-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9055-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"63a7a0d\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_9056\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE3NDMsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL0lNR185MDU2LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNjNhN2EwZCJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9056-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9056-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9056-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9056-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9056-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9056-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9056-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9056-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon 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https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9051-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9051-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9051-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"63a7a0d\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_9063\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE3NDUsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL0lNR185MDYzLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNjNhN2EwZCJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9063-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9063-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9063-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9063-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9063-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9063-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9063-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9063-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abefc1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abefc1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We drove back to the hotel and did some planning for the next few days while laying by the pool. We showered and drove to a temple complex called <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/xEYsfzAtLk6GLRCP8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wat Plai Laem<\/a>. The main temple was built over the water, which was full of turtles, koi, and a species of catfish that appeared to breathe air. At the temple, we walked around the exterior which is surrounded by little cremation grave boxes and looked at who was interred there. It was a sobering experience that made me reflect on my own mortality.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Buddhist temple complex also features an 18-arm statue of Guanyin, the goddess of mercy, and a large, laughing Buddha statue. The massive statues were eye-catching and the temple appearing to emerge from a giant lotus flower floating on the water was beautiful, but what I most remember about the experience was the memorials to the dead that surround the temple. I think Wat Plai Laem is well worth a visit.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f12d7c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f12d7c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a674e9d\" data-id=\"a674e9d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49baadc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"49baadc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ed6b1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ed6b1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chaweng Beach Road<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5c141b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"e5c141b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div 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Lined with restaurants, bars, shops, and street vendors, it is a hub for dining, nightlife, and shopping.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indi and I drove the scooter to Chaweng Beach Road to get some food. We had eaten nothing but an apple each and some peanuts all day, so I was pretty hungry. We went to an excellent restaurant called <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/5yJiaCHom8BEYFV79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Bird<\/a>. The pad thai was amazing. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 1rem;\">We walked around a lot of shops but did not buy anything. Indi was looking for a pair of Keen shoes she had seen around and decided she could not live without. It wasn&#8217;t until Japan that she found the color she was looking for.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We then went to a 7\/11, and I got an Oreo-flavored pack of Coke Zero. 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It&#8217;s called <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/tYWJADoy9CVurAws6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4 Men Yellow Noodle and Wonton Soup<\/a>. We weren&#8217;t hungry, but we were very curious. So, we met up with the crew and ordered a bowl to share. 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