Travel Review: Luxury Thailand Honeymoon, Bangkok, Koh Sumui, Elephant Experience

There were so many memorable experiences that we had visiting Thailand, and we were very pleased.

Unfortunately, the most memorable one is negative however.  We took a speed boat ride to the nature park off the coast of Ko Sumoi.  I know this is not the tour agencies fault, but you need to be aware of this, as you do business with them.  The boat ride stared fine and the captain and crew asked us to sit in the front of the speed boat.  I, as a fisherman and boat owner thought nothing of this and was exited.  After about 10 minutes our experience went from good to absolutely horrible.  The seas were producing 5-6 foot swells when we hit open water and the captain insisted on going somewhere around 25+ knots.  The next hour was the worst time I have EVER experienced on a boat and was fearing the safety of myself and my wife.  I was holding on for life as the boat was hitting 5 foot waves dead on and slamming us on our bottoms.  We were literally launched from our seats 1-2 foot in the air and pile driven back down.  To this date my back is sore and I am scheduled with a chiropractor this week.  Other guests were freaking out as well.  One lady was hysterical and was screaming at the captain and crew.  She demanded that they slow down and the response from the captain was "Madame, this is a speed boat.  What do you suggest we do?"  This torture continued on for another hour and I was left enraged and my hands were blistered from holding on to the storage compartment underneath my seat.  It was miserable.  It was pretty clear this speed boat company should have canceled the trip that day.  It was also pretty clear that they didn't because they just wanted their money and could care less about the safety of their passengers.  We had a horrible time and I would recommend to all that inquire about a speed boat NOT to sign up.  Dangerous, scary, unprofessional, miserable, life threatening, disregard, indifference, money, and horrible are just a few things that come to mind.

Please do not include this trip for the safety of future visitors.