Lily Lee: Day 8 Laem Chabang and Day 9 Ko Samui, Thailand

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Day 8 Laem Chabang and Day 9 Ko Samui, Thailand

Day 8

Beautiful sunrise at Laem Chabang Port in Thailand.

I have booked via PTTaxi a tour of Pattaya from 8am to 330 pm at 2500 baht. The driver, Kwan, was very friendly and did not know that they have to pay the pay the port permit at 500 baht which I paid later as he could not claim from his company.

He bought us to a local eatery and my hubby had his favourite blood curd with noodle. I love the minced meat.

After that we went to Nong Nooch Garden and I could not believe how big the place is! We only managed to cover the animal farm, the landscape art, the fountain and European Garden. Didn’t have time for the elephant and cultural shows. So much to explore. Love the photo I took of the tiger at the Pottery garden.

After that we went to Mimosa – total disappointment – DO NOT GO there – wasted the 300 baht entrance fee.

He brought us to the Buddha mountain. I bought some longon fruits there and it tasted so nice! Juicy and smooth unlike the ones we got here.

Found my favourite quail eggs outside the Central Festival market. Ate lunch there – basil chicken and pai thai.

Had Dinner at Sante Fe Dining room. The shrimp bisque was nice. The chicken satay was average and the Singapore laksa was disastrous. The pork chop was hard but hubby’s lamb shank was ok.

We watched the performance by vocalist Michael Falzon at the Princess Theatre. Went to the lounge for the cocktail – Hubby love the lychee margarita and this was his 11^th glass of cocktail onboard! I had one or two a day too.

Ordered congee with more floss for supper again.

Day 9

Thank God it was a sunny day as it rained whole day the day before in Ko Samui and many parts of the island were flooded as drainage is very poor. I managed to take some beautiful pictures of Sapphire Princess from the tender boat.

There were many fishing boats at the pier when we arrived. This was the only port which I had not made any booking but we managed to get a taxi to bring us to Wat Phrayai (Big Buddha), Wat Plai Laem and the shopping mall at Chaweng Beach for 2500 thai baht.

We had a good 2 hr massage at 560 baht for 2 hr per pax! Lunch at a restaurant “Will Wait” located opposite the Central Mall at Chawang Beach was fantastic. Love the Tom Yam Gong and fried rice. Many street vendors selling grills but too full to take any….

Had dinner at Savoy Dining room. Love the appetizer and my crawfish. Hubby had fish.

The production show by the Princess singers and dancers “Piano Man” was the best show so far and we ordered blue margarita and blue martini with vodka.