Day 189- We were picked up at 10.30am for our transfer to the pier, our mode of transport was pick-up truck. Since there was no space left in the front me and Eve had to jump in the back with all the bags and feel the wind through our hair. Once at the ferry terminal an agent managed to get us to book a night at a resort, we agreed mainly because we didn't have anything else booked plus it was cheap and offered us a free long tail boat to the island from the dr...

Day 188- We packed up the tent after fighting off thousands of ants who through the night had decided to completely cover the tent. We then had our final meal in the little restaurant and walked along to the jetty. The ferry was running on Thai time so was only 40 minutes late and we bid farewell to paradise. The boat journey back was fine and we arrived back at Pak Bara pier in time to catch a mini van. We had nothing booked so checked prices with a few touts...

Day 185- We got up at 4:30am so that we could have some breakfast before our 5am bus. We ate our peanut butter sandwiches and waited. Finally the bus arrived a bit later than expected. We jumped on to the poshest mini-bus we have ever seen, a TV screen appeared from nowhere and although there wasn't a single Malaysian person on the bus a badly dubbed version of spider-man 2 began to play. We passed the Thai boarder with no problems and we were in Pak Bara by 11...