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Soooooo this is it....... My final blog of this 'BIG Adventure' I've been on for the past several months. I didn't manage to get much of a sleep at the hostel in Patong as one of my roommates wouldn't stop talking. Lights went out after midnight so I only got a few hours in before my alarm woke me up at 4am. I gathered my belongings, checked out the hostel and waited for my pre-booked taxi at 4.30am which arrived early.. the main thing being it arrived!! It ...

It was a flying visit to Patong, Phuket's busiest district. I was only here for just over half a day with having to catch a flight to Bali at 6.45am in the morning. The transition from Koh Phi Phi to my hostel in Patong Beach via the ferry and taxi was surprisingly painless. I jumped on the ferry at Tonsai Pier this morning still reeling from the news of my sister giving birth to twins, and the hour and a half journey over to Phuket was pleasant. I transferred ...

The minibus was due to pick me at 7.20am to take me to the pier so I could catch the 8.30am ferry over to Koh Phi Phi. Of course the minibus was late.. no surprise there after all the transport issues I've had in Thailand, but it was very late and I feared it may not come at all. It eventually arrived at 7.45am and didn't seem in any sort of rush still having to pick up more passengers. I wasn't sure how far away the pier was but I thought it couldn't be that f...