We are off on our Visa run today and by 8.20, both of us were showered, packed and ready to go.
Simon had strapped the suitcase to the back of the bike and we each had a rucksack. Its the first time that we've travelled so light :-D ..just a mere 8 kgs
Our first stop was Lederhosen bike shop to drop off the bike and collect Si's passport, then we walked down the street to 'Cafe Del Sol' for a much needed breakfast.
At the pier we checked in and sat around for a while before the lomprayah arrived.
The jouney only took 2 1/2 hrs to Koh Samui and we were met at the other end by an lovely air-conditioned coach which took us straight to the airport.
Our flight wasnt until 5.15, so I had a snooze and Simon read his book before we could check in.
Once checked in, we headed to our gate and took full use of the courtesy food & drink and caught up on mails.
The flight was good, maybe a little scary coming into KL as there was a massive electric storm going on but apart from that, fine. Past passport control we collected our lugguage (1 piece) and grabbed a taxi to our hotel, The Mandarin Oriental, a very plush hotel next to the Patronus Towers of which we have an awesome view as you will see from the pictures that we shall put up in a couple of days, cos we left the connecting lead for my camera at Koh Tao.
After unpacking and freshening up, we headed out to do some exploring and to find somewhere to eat. Not really knowing at this time what was open & what wasn't, we caught the skytrain into China town in the hope of finding the Vegetarian restaurant that we discovered on our honeymoon.
Unfortunately we ended up walking for miles and getting slightly lost on our way back to the hotel so went to bed exhausted and hungry. We at least had a lovely bath though and a good nights sleep..
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Mandarin Oriental hotels are very nice. There's one in Knightsbridge, but it doesn't have the views that you'll be getting. Enjoy your time away folks.
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