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Our last sleeper train :(
... palmed us off into his friends minivan. We were starting to worry that we would miss the bus. At 11:05 the minivan turned up and we jumped in. Then these two people from Singapore decided they wanted to get in and started chatting to thye driver about Phuket town. Now I was beginning to panic and we told the driver 'we have got to go', so the two people jumped in and we were off. At 11:45 we ...
Khao Sok Nationalpark
... Thais im Bus beteten um goettlichen Beistand.
In Surat Thani waren wir dann auf uns allein gestellt. Man hatte uns aber mit auf den Weg gegeben, dass ein Bustickt in den Nationalpark um die 300 Baht pro Person kosten solle.
Da standen wir nun auf dem Busbahnhof und sahen in den Augen der vielen Tourenanbieter wie ein gefundenes Fressen aus.
Es dauerte nicht lange und man sorgte sich ruehrend um uns. Natuerlich ...
Khao Sok N.P. (or as Gary likes call it, Khao Suk)
... 8217;s sleep. I was constantly worrying that something would come and attack me! So our first impression of Khao Sok wasn’t the best, and unfortunately it didn’t get much better…
The following day, after a rubbish breakfast at our guest house, we decided to go off on our own to do the jungle hikes instead of forking out for a tour, having read that you could do them on your own by following the sign posts. We decided to do the ...
An Unplanned but Not Unpleasant Detour
... milk, but the Thai coffee at this place was way oversweet. It would've been pointless to take the boat over to Koh Samui just for a few hours, so we decided to take the train a couple of stops down the line to a town called Chaiya. It turned out to be a pleasant, largely untouristed little place, but still boasted some impressive temples and blueskied farmscapes.
We stopped for lunch at a small open-air restaurant off the main road. The ...
Three taxis, two buses, a ferry and a minivan
... said), but we were told we had to wait for 20 minutes. Sorta confused we waited, and another large bus arrived and we got on. Settling in for the trip we had only gone another 20 minutes before the bus stopped and we were told to get off again. Here they tried to sell us more food and drink, and tried to charge us another 200baht each to get taken to Patong where we were staying. They also tried to sell this service to the others, including people going to the ...


