Koh Samet Revisited

To round off my trip, I staid a couple of days with Mike and Lek, who live in Rayong, which is on the gulf coast about 2 hours south of Bangkok.  We decided to pop over to the nearby island of Koh Samet for a day trip to take advantage of the fine weather after a couple of days of heavy rain.  I had last been to Samet about 6 years ago for an abortive scuba diving trip and had been taken by its relatively peaceful character compared to some Thai resorts.  A couple of years ago it had suffered a major environmental catastrophe due to a massive oil spill, which had decimate the tourist industry there for a whole season.  I was pleased to find that the island had totally recovered from this incident and was a attractive and tranquil as ever.   A good place to chill out for the day.