21/05/06- Ko Samui

Finally we landed in Ko Samui.....

It was a bit of a mission in getting here which we did not anticipate!!!

After getting our passports back from our guesthouse in Bangkok we headed for the train station for our 7.15pm departure. All went well in this area (I even meet a nice American that offered me his home made whiskey..the dude was ancient but nice to chat to). It was not until 3.30am that we realised that something was wrong, we were meant to stop in Chumphon to let of a bunch of fellow travelers that were going to a different island. I had no watch so had no idea what the time was......ended up stopping to let them off at 6.30am......train is running 3 hours late!!!! We pull into our stop of Sarat Thani (meant to be 6.40am) at 9.15am meaning we have just spent 14 hours on this train. The bus, as promised, was waiting for us at the station. We all got on the bus and had a 30 min drive to the ferry terminal. On getting to the ferry terminal we discover that our boat had already sailed and the next one will not leave until 2.30pm........another bloody 4 hours to wait in the stinking heat. Our boat arrives at 2.30pm.....now this is the express crossing 1hr30min-1hr40min.........bullsh!t more like 3 and a half hours!!!! The time when we finally landed on Ko Samui and found a guesthouse was 8.30pm, a full 25 hours since we left Bangkok.....36 hours since I had a shower. Could go on but I won't....

We have now found a nice bungalow on the beach and plan to chill for the next few days...........