Surat Thani Resorts - Reviews and Rates

Happy to leave Pattaya behind... First taste of BKK for the family was a breakneck-speed taxi drive; Jo and Remi were in one taxi and Jules with les parents in another one, in a classic "follow that car!" set up. Jules and les parents got stuck in a red light and the driver went a wee bit mad, ignoring the lights, overtaking all over the place a...

Arrived in Surat Thani 2 hours late on the worlds slowest train! 2nd class sleeper, not one for the luxurious traveller, but it is quite cool how the whole thing turns into bunk beds for sleeping in, a hole in the ground overlooking the tracks doubled as a toilet....and even better, no one nicked our backpacks while we were sleeping - result!

We got here!!!!!!!!! We are alive - well I say alive, I feel like Im dying after absolutely no sleep whatsoever lastnight as we exhausted every mode of transport possible to get here! Our flight was delayed by half an hour which got us in at 6.30pm and gave us half an hour to get across a gridlocked Bangkok to catch the 7.30pm night train to Sur...

Our Khao Lak and diving adventure were over. We would be on our way to a new place now. And Kanchanaburi was our next stop. We waited for a bus along the streets of Khao Lak to Surat Thani Train Station. (This bus does not run after 4 pm everyday.) We were going to take train from Surat Thani to Nakhon Pathom, then take another connecting train ...

In Phuket we were greeted in the traditional Thai style - 100 taxi drivers asking "where you go?" We hopped in a minivan with a big Texan and a nice couple from Budapest and, after a quick vehicle change in the middle of nowhere, we were in Phuket Town. We checked into a nice guesthouse, found the bus station and had super tasty Thai food - so f...

Across the street from the train station is a tourist and ticketing office for bus transporation. There are a bunch of tuk tuk drivers intercepting foreigners before they can get to the train station. They aggresively push you to purchase a ticket. I went along for a little bit and got the pricing. I wanted to compare fares and schedules for the...