Motorbike

Today we rented a motorbike / moped. It is the most flexible and cheapest way to travel around the island. It costs an unbelievable $8 a day. In comparison a taxi ride one way is $12-$20, and lunch is $4-10. From now on we'll be counting the cost of anything in motorbike-days. We got our helmets and off we went to explore the island of Ko Samui - all the way around.

The bike allows us to get to places that would normally be out of reach, or simply those we didn't know anything about. We stumbled across a genuine seafood market in the middle of nowhere with no tourists. Freshly caught local fish, crab, shrimp, muscles, and squid. 

We bought half a kilo of shrimp and had a neighboring stir-fry stall cook it for us with fantastic Pad Thai on the side.

Yumminesss!

Back on the circular road again and home before dark.



Luckily the traffic is not that difficult to navigate since there are hardly any intersections, there is one main circular road around the island, and the left-sided driving doesn't create issues - you just stay in the same lane until you find something good.