Onwards and upwards

After 10 days at Koh Phangan of sun, rest and recuperation and I have to say disappointingly a little rain at times ( well actually a lot of rain in a very short space of time - swiftly followed by sunshine) we move on to go back to Koh Samui for a few days as we have not previously stopped there for a look round.Our journey to get the boat was ok but as we arrived at the harbour the heavens opened and it lashed it down for about 40 mins, we thought we were going to have to get onto the boat whilst this was taking place so Chris dug out her trusty waterproof poncho and set off through the envious crowds all wishing they had one too, I could not be arsed digging out my waterproof so I just thought I would get drenched, luckily just as we moved outside the booking hall the rain stopped but the long walk down the pier was through water which at times came over my sandal sole so my feet were soaked as were Chris's in her flip flops. The journey to Samui went without incident and then we had a taxi waiting to take us to Lamai Beach, very organised they are at sorting all the travellers out.On the way we were discussing where we were stopping and I asked Chris what I should tell the driver when we got nearer to our hotel, being a bit mutton! I thought she said " I want a bitch" so I quickly became very concerned that our hotel was either dealing in Thai brides or running a meeting agency, so that quick marriages could be arranged.All my concerns were quickly put right as Chris reminded me that I was a deaf old git, and that the hotel was called lamai wanta beach hotel, so I was sort of right! A good couple of days were spent there and we moved on from Samui to Bangkok on a turbojet bangkok airways flight, ones with propellers are quite scary now we are used to jet engines. We have been to Bangkok before so have seen all the major tourist sites so on our first day we decided to visit Jim Thompson's house - no he's not a friend! - he apparently was an American who set up house in Bangkok after being posted here in the war, he subsequently set up a silk business and being interested in art and culture, saved a number of original Thai houses and rebuilt them to live in and store his art and artefacts, very interesting, he disappeared on holiday in malasia and has never been seen since, but the business continues and his house is now a museum, sort of.Today I am catching up on the admin as Chris is not feeling great and the weather is absolutely scorchio, and is very draining when walking around, we did venture out for a couple of hours but abandoned our plans to get back to the hotel for a cool down and rest, we will go out later to eat and then pack up and have an early night as we have an early flight to Hanoi tomorrow, GGGOOOOOOOOD morning Vietnam!!!!! Looking forward to it, HOPE Chris is a little more sprightly and that the lowering of temperature may help to get her back on track.