So it turns out that the 20 or so hours we spent getting from Ayutthaya to Koh Phangan via train bus and boat was actually the easiest part of the journey. After some food and a trip to the internet and the shop we got in a taxi (the open backed roofed jeep variety) across the island to our bungalow resort beach. Most of the road was an actual road, made of concrete slabs. This was grand, although it was bumpy enough, it came nowhere near to the state of the road...

Well this day albeit only a few hours old already has been a very long one. It started yesterday at about three in Ayutthaya. We managed to grab a tuk tuk, with some old lady, and headed to the train station. The mandotory tourist charge was applied to the fare and we jumped off into the station. We thought the train was going to be at four, but the information people told us the next train was at half three, it was about twenty five past at this stage so she sai...