I left the village on a local bus which, by some amazing pre-planning (for pre-planning read coincidence or alternatively fluke), arrived in Suratthani just in time to get the bus for the last boat for Koh Samui.\u00a0 I was told I would be taken to the port in a minibus and was then loaded onto one only to be told to get off again.\u00a0 When I finally got on the bus which did leave it was half full but literally half the passengers managed to board with stinky smelling sausages.\u00a0 Mmmmm.\u00a0 I am -so- flying back to Bangkok from the islands.<\/p>\n
The bus eventually got to the port and I boarded the ferry for Koh Samui.\u00a0 The ferry itself was not dissimilar to one at home and it was a pleasant crossing.\u00a0 When I arrived in Koh Samui I shared a tuk-tuk and headed for Chaweng Beach where I checked into a bungalow by the beach.<\/p>\n
Having sorted myself out to some extent I wandered down to the beach side bar and had a drink.\u00a0 I got talking to a guy from South Africa, who is now living in London, called Julian.\u00a0 His friend from South Africa (originally from China) and now living in Scotland (Steve) turned up slightly later and we played some pool and chatted.<\/p>\n
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We left the beachside bar and headed into town.\u00a0 As the Euros were on we decided to stay out to watch the Turkey game.\u00a0 Can I just point out for all those in Europe the games were at the most inconvenient time here.\u00a0 The rather late night\/ early morning also seemed to entail rather a lot of Sang Som.\u00a0 I think I might have to take responsibility for this one.\u00a0 I decided that Steve needed to sample the Thai drinking delights and bought a bottle for the table.\u00a0 After the football and\u00a0too much Sang Som we headed back.\u00a0 During the course of the evening we had met several people including a Thai guy called Kim who appeared to take a bit of a liking to me.\u00a0 When I was back in my room there was a little knock at the door.\u00a0 As I opened it I saw Kim standing on my doorstep who explained that he had nowhere else to sleep and that he would have to sleep on the beach.\u00a0 Well I can think of worse places to sleep, it’s hardly like it was cold – I hope he enjoyed the sand!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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