Khao Sok Green Valley Resort Surat Thani

... br><br>Instead we wandered about the street for as long as possible, then got on the boat. We thought it must be nearly time to go...but we still had over an hour to wait, so we picked our 'beds'. It was one massive berth for all. The mattresses about 60cm in diameter, and if you were lucky, an inch apart from the person next to you. There was no upstairs area where you could just ...

... bus pulled over on the side of a highway, only for us to have to rescue our bags because we were changing buses. We ended up on the Phuket bus, where yet again they had mis-calculated how many people there were. This time, Hattie and I were sat in an area that could comfortably seat 7 people, with a small TV. There ended up being.... Us 4 ...

... port to find we had missed our ferry by twenty minutes. Not to worry, as I said the ferries are efficiently run and go regularly. Regularly at 10 am and 2pm everyday. Now ferry ports I've visited in the past aren't generally a hive of activity and often offer very little in the way of entertainment, and that is in civilised old Europe. Ferry ports in remote provinces of Thailand offer... well... less would be the best way to ...

... some tasty street curry, Jeff bought some 7/11 nibbles. Neither did much to improve our energy levels. Jeff (understandably) crashed once we sat ourselves down for the 2h ride. We're talking complete and utter mental and physical shut down, in de facto coma until we docked. I, after finding myself not sufficiently tired to put up with the seat's discomfort, decided to stroll up and down the deck and watch as the island faded into the ...

... in the beautiful Japanese Gardens which are a small islet off Koh Tao, then went for a baby dive afterwards. Following day we did more theory, including our final exam before doing our Open Water Dives at Mango Bay (north of Koh Tao) and Twins (2 pinnacles) near where I was staying. Day after that I did my final 2 Open Water dives at Chumphon Pinnacle and White Rock and went down to 18m which is the maximum depth we are certified to dive to on our ...

... it had been raining so hard the trek was really difficult on the way back. First of all I was trying not to step in any puddles because the leeches were out because of the rain and my shoes have openings and second of all the path was wet and the rocks were sliding out from under my feet. I managed to make it up hill without falling and without any leeches but once we started downhill I started having trouble. By then the rain had returned. On the way ...

... basically sat at the train station waiting and snacking on junk food. The train didn't end up arriving until closer to 2:00am, so when we got on we quickly went to bed. The seats were already converted to beds and the train was dead quiet. I only had my big backpack half on as I walked down the aisle ...

... talaltunk jo thai masszazst, hihetetlenul fajdalmas tud neha lenni, de utan valahogy megis jobban ereztuk magunkat. Kulonosen egy 7 oras dzsungel gyaloglas utan. A nemzeti park fo latvanyossaga a Chieow Laan mesterseges to, Thaifold legszebb resze volt szamunkra eddig. A szallasunk szervezeseben egy ejszakat a tavon toltottunk. Egy kis hajoval egy oran keresztul cikaztunk, kisebb nagyobb ...

We had to change bus, ferry, minibus several times, and there was a lot of confusion of what was going on before we finally got to Khao sok national park back on mainland. Unfortunately it rained rained and rained, but we managed to go on a ...

... safari as these are the best times to see animals, adn then a trek to a waterfall and viewpoint. Well how could I refuse that?! As these treks require 4 people to run I couldnt do one by myself so it seems a shame to pass up the opportunity... so I signed up :o) obviously you're not suprised by that at all! And actually my budgets going pretty well (apart from the extra day diving :oS ) so what the hell?! Its 2500 baht ...