We wanted to catch the local bus to the next town, and had made it to the bus stop in time, but it didn’t seem to come. Still, we managed to get a minibus for the same price. We also wanted to avoid the dodgy travel agents who charge too much commission, but before we knew it we’d bought tickets to the next island. Fortunately, we did get tickets, and were only fleeced out of a few pounds, but lesson learned that some Thais are just interested in getting cash out of tourists (there’s quite a lot of nice Thais too mind you…).
The sun beat down as the ferry idled it’s way over to Ko Pha Ngan, our next tropical island. Time to catch up on some music listening and blogging, although when they’ll get posted is another matter as phone reception is flaky at best. The touts were out in force as the ferry docked, shouts of “YOU! Taxi!”, and “where you go?!” were directed at us before we’d even disembarked. Fortunately, we could walk on by as we had found a helpful government tourist advisor who had booked us into the Cabanas.
The hotel backed on to the beach, and we had just enough time to have a swim and snack before watching the sunset whilst walking along the beach – it’s amazing how quickly scenes change and you can forget about the woes of a day. With our next days adventure booked we relaxed and moved onto Fiji Thai time.