waiting for the bus to ko samui

After a hassle-free border crossing back into Thailand from Malaysia, I had 4 hours to wait before getting on my bus and ended up going to a random street party around the corner which was some kind of party for buddha as far as I could tell. I got given a necklace and made to dance with the crazy drunk ladies and even some synchronised dancing with a guy who later did pole dancing. Somehow we all managed to communicate with eachother through crazed screams of "sanook!" (which translates roughly to super-happy-happy-fun) and other random thai words I knew and random english words that they knew. There were constant gifts of beer and food and as we left, branches of rambutan (a fruit similar to a lychee). It seemed like a fitting return to Thailand. Stocked up on beer we got on the bus where we sat for about 14hours drinking which, by the time we arrived in Ko Samui this morning, I realise wasn't such a good idea. I felt like I was going to die so instead of taxiing to big buddah beach went across the road to the nearest hotel where I slept all day and wondered if that crazy party actually happened.
Turns out it wasn't just a hangover but some kind of bug I must've picked up in Malaysia because I ended up spending most of my time in Ko Samui feeling like I was dying and to top it off a bee stung me on my back. I stayed at Big Buddah beach (named because of the big (12m I think) buddah statue by one of the temples) which I reakon is the nicest beach on the island. I hired a motorbike to explore the island and found hell on earth at Chaweng beach, a spot just for westerners with starbucks, strip bars, fancy resorts, and fat old white men with no shirts on. Photos are of the party and crazy statues near the temple on Ko Samui.