We checked out of the guesthouse this morning and got picked up at 11am for our transfer to Surat Thani where we would get the sleeper train tonight back to Bangkok for the third and final time! We were picked up on time and, after collecting other people from Aonang, were dropped off at the bus station in Krabi. Our next bus was leaving an hour later so we sat and ate some sandwiches while we waited (these places always sell ham and cheese sandwiches - they m...

This morning we managed a lie-in and eventually left the hotel at about 11:30am. We decided to walk down to the pier, 600m from our hotel according to the sign outside. After about 10 minutes we stumbled upon a large tent filled with food stalls and the Obligatory plastic chairs! We grabbed some breakfast (ham and cheese toasties -mmm!) and then walked the short distance to the beach. At one end it was connected to an island just off shore by a narrow sand b...

Our pick-up for our day trip to the Koh Phi Phi Islands was at 8:30 this morning and we were collected in a very old, run down songthaew which looked like it had been made from scraps of wood. It didn't have any wing mirrors, just one extra long rearview mirror! We weren't going far, however, only to the beach after picking up a few others. We were dropped at the tour office and given our stickers to identify which boat trip we were on - they like giving you st...

Today we were up at 6am for our pick-up that would take us to Krabi, a few hours away on the West coast of Thailand. We drove the short distance to the port, where we'd booked to catch the Lomprayah catamaran to Surat Thani on the mainland. For a change the whole bus to boat transfer seemed to go very smoothly, we were shown into seats in a waiting area beside the dock and the catamaran arrived a few minutes later - we were very impressed! Once on board it was...