5 May We spent the morning either in the sea or tanning outside it. Strange thing in Thailand and Malaysia we found that one could lie in the sun for large parts of the day without burning, nothing like back home. Later we took the scooter for a spin around the island. It's much larger than we thought and exploring it with the motorcycle really added to the island experience. Driving around we stopped at the famous Chaweng beach. It's really a beautiful beach wi...

4 May The morning the lady's husband, a retired police commander, gave us a lift to the bus station. Every 5 minutes we would be approached by an agent who wanted us to take their minibus to Surat Thani. When we told them we wanted to take the local bus because it was cheaper, they would tell us there was no local bus or it was more expensive. We waited for 1 ½ hours before a bus came, checking that it went to Surat Thani, we boarded and paid the mone...