Today we checked out of the mild bungalow at 10am as we were off to Koh Samui. We were picked up by a Songthauw which was very cramped and made unbearable by the constant twitter of one very overenthusiastic Spanish girl and am equally irritating Canadian bloke who kept squashing me with his hairy leg. We were then dumped at some holding bay for confused travellers and told our coach to Surat Thani (where we would get the ferry to Koh Samui from) was not leavin...

Today we got up early to go on a sea cave kayaking trip. We got picked up at about 8.30am by 3 guys in a mini-bus where we found out we were actually the only ones on the trip! Usually there would be about 10 people but luckily for us we were the only ones who had booked for today. We stretched out in the mini-bus on the 45 minute journey to Bor Thor village where we were taken to a restaurant and given a cup of coffee. We then got into our kayak - Dave at th...

Today we decided to follow Karen's advice (the girl we met the other night) and check out Railay beach. This involved us getting a tuk tuk to Ao Nang (where I bought some goggles and we got some crisps for lunch) and then a longtail boat over to Railay. The longtail boat was 60B each if the boat was full (6 people) or 300B for the whole boat if there were less than 6 people. There were 10 other people on the beach waiting to go so we were quoted the price of 6...

Today we woke up at 8:30ish feeling a bit tired and went and got some breakfast. Whilst we were getting ready we didn't bother to keep the noise down and kept the alarm going for longer than necessary to teach those Dutch guys a lesson! Whilst eating breakfast we had a chat with the girl on reception and found out there were actually 3 blokes next door and that they were leaving today. Excellent news! We were picked up at about 9:30am by a songthaew along wi...

Today we had a bit of a lie in before going for our free breakfast at the reception. We got egg, toast, sausage, juice and coffee which was nice, and we sat and contemplated what to do. The reception was kitted out with a multitude of posters and leaflets advertising activities such as rock climbing, kayaking, elephant riding and trips around the various nearby islands. However we decided to spend today just chilling around Nopparat Thara and checking it out a...