Koh Samui day 9

The sun continues to shine, albeit intermittently, and we are off to the beach. We take the bike down to the northern end of Mae Nam bay which is much more secluded and therefore calmer than where we are in Mae Nam village. We take a stroll to the very far end and have a drink in the bar which overlooks the rocky headland. The white sand and turquoise waters look just perfect. Unfortunately they don’t do food so we walk some way along this quiet stretch of shoreline until we come to a small Thai cafe just back from the beach. It’s almost four in the afternoon as we sit under the palms and tuck into some authentic Thai food. Andy has a Massaman curry with beef and potatoes and I order a yellow curry ‘little’ spicy but it comes as hot as fire – ‘much’ spicy must be awesome – and I’m left with stinging mouth and numb lips!