this friend just doesn't stop it's not a fun time to be in Koh Samui right now
like this every day i think we're we're over it now
if you are planning to come to Koh Samui in october and november you'll probably be disappointed
because the weather is so unpredictable and the heavy rainstorms can cause a lot of flooding
we've been having trouble finding fun things to do well on most days
but let's go see what we're up to today don't let the little bit of sunshine fool you because
we've been getting non-stop rain for three weeks that's why i have all of this prepared
we have our ponchos umbrellas that go into the jeep every single day because obviously
there's no windows i finally convinced note that this is just not the right car for us
during monsoon season so today we are taking this jeep for our last adventure on the islands
so we haven't been doing much the last couple weeks because it's been raining like crazy we
have been eating a lot napping a lot and going around some coffee shops just like this one
so we are here at hachiya which is one of our favorite coffee shops the coffee obviously is
amazing but we also come because we get the coffee beans it's a very cute little place the owner is
japanese so you can see some of the japanese elements in the design but also minimalist
style of coffee chop note enjoys the normal americano but i'd like to try the different things
so this one is actually the a sn which is thai style cold espresso and i also had a
hot latte valencia earlier which is delicious because they make their own orange syrup and they
give you a little slice of orange on the side too i would say this is probably the best coffee you
can find on the island that's why we drink it here and we also drink it at home so a lot of you asked
us when is the best time to visit Koh Samui it's kind of a hard question to answer to be honest but
i think i know when is it the worst time to visit the island which is during monsoon season where
it is the peak of it right now so during october and november month i would say the end of october
was when it started getting bad it's gonna flood again yeah it's pretty bad
we have been here during this time last year but it was nothing like that this year has
been significantly more rain than we have experienced before
i would say it would be raining every day for the last three weeks
but the last week it's been pretty crazy like non-stop heavy rain for 72 hours straight
and that means there's a lot of flooding on the island you probably have seen some photos
online if you follow a lot of like thai facebook groups and they look pretty scary like villa's
collapsing off the side of the cliff because there's landslides obviously happening here
but also huge puddles even where we live right behind our house yeah like couple blocks away
there's flooding flooding luckily our house is located kind of uphill so we don't get the flood
if you're still planning to come to thailand maybe go up north first at the end of october
to end of november because that's the best time to be in chiang mai chiang rai and hong kong
and then come to cosmo in december yeah starting december maybe mid-december to february it's dry
season here in got somewhere so the weather will be really nice and cool less humid and also the
beaches will be beautiful you'll get our 300 days of sunshine back so before it starts to rain let's
go get some lunch let's go get some noodle soup because that's the perfect food for a rainy day
and today looks like it's going to be a rainy day let's go to my favorite one oh i know which one
it just rained
so as you know we do have a bike that we usually travel around in but in the last couple months
we've actually rented this jeep and no loves driving the sheep around the island however the
last couple weeks nostal's been visiting us and he usually sits in the front while i sit in the back
in a poncho trying to avoid the rain don't worry i'm returning this car tomorrow
because it hurts my heart every time i see you sitting in the back with poncho on
we'll get a proper car i'm pretty excited for the proper car
so we are between the fisherman village and bangrak area and the roads actually
cleared up quite a bit so we can see over here that there is some flood damage
see these houses setting up sandbags just in case yeah that doesn't look like what it usually does
we drove past this area before and this is usually dry because they're doing construction right now
we drive past this area all the time and this boat used to sit on this trailer but look at this
the storm blew the boat oh my god look at the damage
it was up for sale for 700 000 baht i guess they can't sell this anymore oh man
so we are here at my favorite noodle shops here in Koh Samui called Tor Tiew Giew Pla which pretty much
means fresh noodle soup basically a tom yum noodle soup and you can choose what kind of noodles you
want i chose egg noodles it comes with fish balls different type tofu fish balls and crispy wonton
we also come here for deep fried crab rolls look at how much crab meat is in there in thai
we call this hijab i think it's chinese isn't it yeah and you dip it in this sweet plum sauce wow
and the crazy thing is one piece is
45 baht only that's a lot of crab meat guys a lot wow
so delicious
oh this is my happy place this is so good so what i really like about this place is
that it's a really simple place but it's very very clean she covers everything
outside with the cheesecloth the plastic it smells very clean in here everything is hot
so if you are kind of scared to try street food this is kind of a good starter place like they are
very clean but the prices and the taste is high quality street food so the location of this shop
is pretty close to the fisherman village sign in bahut it's across from that big 7-eleven we'll
leave the location in our description box below we felt like we needed to show you guys what monsoon
season is like because we've only been showing you guys the really really beautiful parts of Koh Samui
way and it's blurring a lot of you guys to come here including notes dad who came three weeks ago
and we're feeling kind of bad because we could not deliver any of the sunshine and beach and
beautiful days he's really been sitting at home with us a lot going out to eat watching movies
it's not that much of an island life that we're able to show him but good thing he's staying with
us longer here so hopefully the storm will pass and we can show him a good time and got some way
as we were driving around the island we noticed that the streets are clearing up the water
is receding however there are some parts of the island that are pretty badly hit by the storm and
there is significant damage to some properties and some restaurants so it's a tough time for a
lot of local businesses right now and hopefully when the rain stops in a couple weeks they can
clean up rebuild and then the high season of got7 begins seems like this weather is making us
extra hungry we are getting seconds of everything today including noodle soup it was so good so good
and this is the clear broth you know how in thailand when you eat noodles
you kind of have to put some fish sauce or chili or vinegar
but this place you don't have to do anything to the broth it's already perfect
that was so good the storm is coming again
right over our house
should we get one for our cat i think our cat will jump out again that's so cute
oh
you see the damage looks crazy how many how many villas ah six six of them
just collapsed that's insane so we actually came here to eat before this is the merit which is
a restaurant now up here but they also own all of these like villas here the resort down here
pretty cozy i think this is probably the most damaged place from the storm on Koh Samui so it's
been really hard on lots of businesses here to first go through the pandemic and then go through
the monsoon season but hopefully in a couple weeks it'll be the high season on Koh Samui and
we will see some of you here that will support the local businesses i know we've been pushing a
lot of got some way content out recently but stay tuned because in a couple weeks we will be going
off the island and showing you more unseen thailand adventures like what we used to do
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