The Burning Little Island Koh Samed

After two first weeks of an exhausting Summer School, we were surprised with a trip to one of the most famous islands of Thailand, to Koh Samed. We traveled to the little island via speedboat. This 40 minutes ride on the ocean felt like riding a carousel.

In order to reach our beach resort Samed Villa, we needed to carry our baggage through the water above our heads. We were lucky that we just took a 20-liter backpack with us. Arrived on Koh Samed, a beautiful beach hut located only ten meters away from the ocean welcomed us.

Koh Samed is a nice place to relax for some days. Its bars and restaurants seem to be very local, you are sitting or lying on comfortable sheets while getting very delicious and fresh seafood on a small wooden table. Spa and wellness do not go short as well. However, we enjoyed the offer to rent a Kayak for 3€ for 4 hours and discovered some of its closely located neighbor islands. That was a great choice since these tiny islands were full of bird and sea life you can listen to forever.

On our second day, we took a walk through Koh Samed to discover its true self. Besides the huge mountains of waste we found behind the fences of all the beach resorts, hotels & co., the local huts and “gardens” looked very inviting and clean, but I did not dare to take a picture due to all the staring people.

At the evening, the little island was on fire: it did not matter where you went, you could observe amazing fire shows along the beach, performed by local strong men. They lit coconuts and threw them through the air, one or another came down between the visitors, but no one was hurt, so that they went on quickly. The fire shows lasted for around three hours, and it was just crazy which burning things they threw around the neighborhood, and we recommend you to inform you about the fire shows’ dates first before you go to Koh Samed. So, we would say Koh Samed is a little beach paradise where you can spend some adventurous days.

Stay hungry, stay foolish,
Kim & Robert