24 Oct 2008 - We've landed

Decided to head out for a short getaway over the long Deepavali weekend. The obvious choices came up, Bintan, Batam, Bali...etc . Finally decided on Ko Samui since I've already had my Indonesia stamp on my passport (more on that later). There is only one flight out to Ko Samui daily and it's a late flight, probably catered for the office worker to not miss work for a weekend trip. The flight arrives in Samui at about 9pm (their time), so by the time we reached the hotel, its too late to do anything except sleep.

The hotel is gorgeous though. Samui Jasmine Resort. I highly recommend it to anyone heading to Samui. It's located on Lamai beach, which is not as crowded as Chaweng but there's still plenty of nightlife, restaurants and shopping. There's only about 30odd rooms in this resort, which means plenty of personal (and excellent) service. We took the sea-view rooms on the 3rd floor (walk-up, no lifts). Rooms on the 2nd and 1st floor are cheaper but they only have a "garden-view". For about $30sgd more, you could get the villas which are quite nice as well.

Check out the rooms. The rooms are huge with a massive bathroom and very beautiful veranda with lounge chairs to look out into the sea. The window was perfect for soaking in the bathtub while watching TV.

View from the room.