Sightseeing
around Koh Samui isn't all elephants, jungle and beach. There's only one
main road which goes right around the island, and all of the main businesses
are lined up along it. Which is handy when it's hot and dry, and you want
to stop for a drink and an ice-cream. In Asia you're never far away from
someone selling cold drinks, and we've noticed that ice-cream is much
more available than ten years ago - I guess that electricity supplies
have become a lot more stable than they used to be. On Chaweng Beach there
are also hawkers coming along every five minutes, selling donuts, henna
tattoos and ice-creams from cool boxes (who knows how many times they
thaw'n'freeze before they're finally sold).