Claire looking for shells on the beach at Koh Samui
I think I can confidently title it that, because it was a once-a-year-max type trip. We wanted to test out our new wheels (2002 Volvo station wagon) and new GPS, so after weeks of internet planning, we were off (4am on a Saturday). We knew the kids wouldn't do well for drives longer than a few hours, so we had lots of stops in mind along the way. We went south from Bangkok along the Gulf of Thailand. We stopped at Ao Manoa beach near Prachuap Khiri Khan and then Mu Ko Chumphon National Park, where we saw a mangrove forest. Next we took a ferry from Surat Thani to Koh Samui, where we stayed four nights. This island is a little more built-up than I was expecting, but our third day, we found a nice quiet beach (pictured above). On our way home, we stopped again at two different beaches on the Gulf. Somehow in my mind, a road trip in a station wagon means we have "arrived" as a family.
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