What a beautiful spot, Chaweng Regent Hotel in Koh Samui.  My deluxe room was everything I’d hoped for. From the king-sized bed in the sunken bedroom to the picture-window surrounded Jacuzzi and the pillars and miniature statues, not to mention the staff of massage therapists, it was the perfect place to recuperate from the "rigors" of trekking!

But I still can't figure out what I did to deserve 5 days of monsoon rain during my 5-day visit.  

Everything, including the main road, was flooded.  The hotel used sandbags in a vain attempt to keep the flooded Coast Road out of their parking area! Oh well, it must have stopped raining for a while, ‘cause I did have two dinners on the beach and only got sprinkled on slightly.  As you can see, the beach was not exactly teaming with people.  I never even got my bathing suit on! But I had a great time in spite of the weather. Such is life on Koh Samui!

From Koh Samui it was back to Bangkok (and another visit to the friendly – but expensive – airport "Left Luggage" folks to gather all my belongings) and then on to Singapore.