Bus, boat, and train
Trip Start
Jan 29, 2008
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Trip End
Mar 04, 2008
Surat Thani,
Thailand
Saturday, February 23, 2008
On the boat to Samui, SH ran into a friend who told us about an Irish pub in Chaweng so we went there. Once the friend had mentioned Guinness we were both pretty focused on having one. We took a taxi to the pub, had a couple of beers, and then had the taxi pick us back up again about an hour later and take us to the travel agent. The travel agent had my backpack and was also where we had arranged for another taxi to take us to the pier.
The boat ride to Surat Thani wasn't too bad. It only took a few hours and we shuffled between sitting inside and sitting on the outside deck during the trip. Once we got to Surat Thani, we took a bus (part of the deal) to the train station. Then we had more time to kill. Unfortunately killing time in Surat Thani isn't a quarter as fun as killing time in Samui. There is absolutely nothing to do, especially late at night. Our train wasn't supposed to arrive until almost 1:00am and we 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 to my bed, and SH walked behind me giggling quietly. I turned around to see what was so funny and realized he was laughing because I was hitting every single bed with my backpack along the way. Oops. Then I couldn't stop laughing for a little while but tried to hold it back so I wouldn't disturb anyone else.
