The Kala, Samui Surat Thani

We caught the bus from Krabi and had to catch a night train here to Petchaburi. We got off the bus a little too early and had to catch a 17Km Tuk-Tuk ride to the train station in nearby Phunpin, which was fun but very hairy...we nearly crashed twice..worth it though. We reached the train station about 19.45....2 hours before our LISTED departure time.<br><br>The station was old and smelly. Just as we arrived the Elvis-looking ticket desk guy shut his window and there ...

Koh Samui. Our adventured continued from the train station with a 2 hour bus trip to the ferry at Surithani. The ferry seemed to take forever to cross the bay to Koh Samui - but finally we made it - a abit tired. I got a baht bus from the ferry terminal to the hotel - I got the driver to take us all for 400 baht including the luggage, so not a bad deal. I took the kids straight away for a refreshing dip in the pool - a great ...

... might as well buy some beers and do likewise for the next five hours''. It's all good. We're exhausted after our relentlessly busy first week of journeys anyway, the views really are beautiful, the lounging area decked out with cushioned blankets is utterly quiet and relaxing and shortly after our arrival a couple of English girls turn up, shattering our initial illusion that we're the only guests here. They've just had to climb a mountain with their backpacks on, they ...

... so far. Since hanging out at the beach all day does get boring though, even in paradise, we went on a trip. First we endured a bone-jarring 45 minute ride in the back of a pick-up truck hanging on to a bar for dear life as the truck rushed through an unpaved road running through the island's jungle to get to a port where we embarked on a boat heading to the uninhabited Ang Thong archipelago. We took another hour to get there ...

... que les 20 minutes initialement prévues. Heureusement, il y avait quelques dauphins dans les alentours ce qui nous a permis de s'occuper un peu l'esprit pendant cette longue attente. Nous atteignons enfin Ko Samui après s'être fait ballader pendant 18 heures dans toutes les formes de transport possible et imaginable...Nous terminons par monter dans un sawngthaew un véhicule utilitaire spécialement aménagé en sorte de minibus qui nous amènera dans un hotel.

Well folks it's hard to try an explain what this place is like but i will try! 30,000 people on the beach all night with 30 different sound systems blasting out the finest of dance choones. Whatever your thing is you can find it here it is on of those places you just need to experience in your life time. I spent only three days in Koh Phangan but what a three ...

... Mina mokotin bussin nurkassa ja Kimmo katseli unikuvia varmaan ruuasta. Niin makeesti se nukku bussin lattialla. Kylla lipuntarkastaja vahan naureskeli ku yks koisii lattialla... No jokainen taplaa tyylillaan. Lautalla oli vaan jotain riisia ja tulisia "nahan paloja". Ostettiin sellaset. Soin ne molemmat ja sit viel nudeleita... Kyl se nalka vahan helpotti ja mahakin meni sekasin... No ainakaan en nalkaan kuollu... Lautta muuten savutti ku viimesta paivaa... Tony

... of rain. The distant rolls of thunder punctuating the hisses, cracks, bleats, crows, barks and whistles of the unseen creatures just meters away. Every now and then the competing night-time voices would rise to a deafening crescendo before falling silent again for a while. Please excuse the uncharacteristically poetic tone of this paragraph but it really is the only way to do justice to the scene. Sadly my tranquil little experience was invaded by a ...

... bus arrive au depart pour Patong Beach, la plage la plus touristique de Phuket. On decide de le prendre avec deux filles francaises qui reviennet de Koh Pangan et Koh Tao. Thailande oblige, on doit payer 200 baht de plus. Pas question de rester la des heures meme si on a deja paye, je decide de payer. C'est parti pour 5 heures de route en plus. Arrivee sur Puket je descensd a Phuket Town. C'est moche avec rien a faire. Je decide d'aller ...

We decided to just stay one night on Ko Phi Phi as it was quite busy and the weather wasn't great. So first thing we were off again to catch the boat to Phuket, then the bus to Surat Thani, which is on the east coast of Southern Thailand and is where you catch the boat to Ko Samui and Ko Phangan etc, our next stop. We managed to get straight onto a bus at Phuket for a three hour journey, although we arrived there six hours later!! Decided to call it a day and found somewhere to stay.