Can samui

I cannot recommend the Expat Patong Center Hotel enough.
Fantastic staff, nice quiet sports bar, comfortable new rooms,guest friendly and a 5 minute walk from both Jungceylon mall and Bangla road.
Noi the manager is a hoot.
I have stayed there three times now on bike trips and they have taken amazing care.


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Just a couple to start off, more to follow.


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Until you have danced with depression you will not understand what it does to you.



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Anyone know if any shops sell the airsoft type gas or co2 pistols on Samui?

Cheers.

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Just my two satang worth here but try this.
Tell her you want to buy her something special and offer to take her to a high end makeup place and let her try products and decide on what she wants.
It will show her you care about her and her opinion.
Might be worth a go.


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Continuous exposure to Nickelback is purported to render an effect similar to a lobotomy.....


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Do Thais need a health certificate to get a license......................that's if they bother.

Mine are up for renewal in 5 weeks.
 I don't doubt what you were asked for, but as it is such a long journey to Lipa Noi, and to save myself another trip, I will be taking a medical certificate and a few other bits and pieces.  Just in case.

Lipa Noi on Samui


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Ok, just renewed my 5 year and it has gotten....simpler!

Just need immigration letter, signed picture page and visa page copy from passport and old license.

Any day of the work week, was there at 0830 to check in, loafed around until 10 then had the visual tests then a one hour Thai soap show about being nice then new license. Out by 1115.

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Just noticed the OP was talking about the CBR650F, not CB650F. Like canthai55 mentioned, that's the faired sportbike version.
 
So the closest competitor in Thailand would be the Ninja 650. Suzi doesn't have a faired version in their lineup here afaik. The Yamaha R6 is in a different class in terms of price and power. Ducati Supersport also.

I got a Versys.
Nobody in their right mind would go adventuring on it.


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Ummmm....nope.
The Versys and Vstrom are not adventure bikes. At most I would call them sport tourers.



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Same category as the Versys and Vstrom.
Best bet is to try all three and make an informed decision.
Either ask around for a borrow or find a shop that rents one of them and take it out for an hour or two.


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Am pretty sure the doom and gloom comments are made by Samui residents who are very aware of the lack of manners and care with which most drivers on Samui conduct their day.
Just comments based on observations.


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Let me guess....cosponsored by Bangkok Samui hospital.
That is a guaranteed way of drumming up business, might as well have an ambulance following the pack to pick up the pieces.


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Request copy of green book and owners id plus visa status.
That should weed out the crooks.


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South end of the island is still quite nice. Laem set and Laem sor. Thong krut, Lipanoi.
The nice is still here, ya just gotta look for it.


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Last time I flew bkk to surat return was.....1700thb all in!


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Agree with previous posters about flying into Suratthani and bussing to Samui. Pretty much everyone on Samui despises Bangkok Air. There is a counter near the exit from Surat airport that sells bus to Samui packages if you dont hook one up through Nok or AirAsia.
Now, accomodations.
I like Lamai, a bit of the nightlife with an excellent beach and as far as I know no jet ski thugs have been shot to death there recently.
Pavilion hotel is nice, had some friends stay there.
Ok....motorbikes...oh boy.
Scooter......400cc.....Harley....rice rocket? Pick yer poison.
Scooters you can get pretty much anywhere and your hotel will probably have a preferred rental place if they dont rent themselves.
Bigger bikes...oh boy. Samui is the most dangerous place in the most dangerous country to ride a bike. They say the deck of an aircraft carrier is the most dangerous place....I beg to differ. If you have good helmets at home please bring them as the rental helmets are a sand bucket.
Ohms in Chaweng has well maintained bikes but be prepared to stand up for yourself if you bring it back with an extra scratch or two. Pictures pictures pictures before you even set yer bum upon the bike. Have the rental agent in the pics as well so they cannot claim you took the pics after a fall.
I know a place in Chaweng that rents 250 honda crfs. They are already scatched to hell so no worries there. Pm me if you want their contact.
The crf is a good bike for here as you sit quite high and can see crap coming. Enough giddyup to get yourself out of trouble too.
Ok, best of luck and again, pm me if you have any riding questions for samui.


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I'm serially dyslexic but that's my biggest howler for a while & I'm too late to correct it this time