The Dirty South!!!

Hello All!

    Well last i posted i was still in Koh Chang, but i've since made the move to the south of Thailand where it was hit hard with rain about a week and a half ago. The travel lady lied to me and said there would be no access to Surat Thani, the city where it's easiest to get to the islands, but i decided to take off anyways and it worked out great!

    My last day in Koh Chang was a little different from the other days, I woke up to the sound of rain and sure enough, when i got out it had been raining for a couple of hours. Got up and made it to the Sunflower restaurant, where they show a movie every night. Due to the rain it was packed and they pretty much played movies all day, it was kind of nice as the rain didn't let you do otherwise. That night was the beach party, different place for the party overnight which is cool. My intentions were to have a Chang or two then head home to pack my bags as had booked my ticket back to Bangkok and it departed early the next morning, but we all know how my plans usually go, out the window. With the usual gang, Christian, Heta, Dennis and Isabel still around we managed to meet some more people who oddly enough turned out to be way cool. As stated my plan went out the window and i ended up having 3 Big Changs, 3 shots of tequila and a small Leo at the beach party, the good thing is i was smart enough to set the alarm while still sober for 7am the next day because i ended up going home at 3 in the morning :-( which did not make for a good morning/long travel day at all as i should have learned from my experience leaving Pai.

    The next day i manage to wake up still hurting from the night before and hurried to pack my bags, which were a mess as i had not changed locations the week before. Once i Packed i went to the spot where i was to meet Thomas and Sophie (german) as well as their friends to head off to Bangkok and ultimately the south.  We all made it on the same taxi and headed for the pier, once on mainland Thailand the bus was waiting for us headed towards Bangkok. We arrived in Bangkok not knowing if we could take the bus or train so with 5 minutes to spare, arrived at 17:55 and bus leaves at 18:00, we had one of Thomas' friends run to the travel agency and was able to book our tickets which didn't really matter as there was a 4 hour delay w/ the bus trying to fix the AC supposedly, so instead of leaving at 18:00 we didn't leave until 22:00. We made it to Surat Thani at 7am the next day and surprisingly i managed to sleep pretty well on the bus, which out of the previous two night buses i had done i managed very little sleep. I'm now on Koh Samui and will post again once i get some pics and the aftermath from Songkran, the Thai new year. Until next time, Enjoy!