7 AUGUST 2010

Koh Tao to Phuket

 

A taxi took me to the ferry, and this time I did get on the 9.30 a.m. fast Lamphrey ferry to Koh Phangan.  We then changed onto another ferry which went to Koh Samui and then Daank on the mainland.  After a 500 meter walk with our bags we were taken to a travel agents by bus.  I had been told that we would be taken by mini bus to Phuket and that it would leave at 3.00 p.m. and arrive in Phuket about 6 p.m.  The bus arrived (not a mini bus) about 4 p.m. and about half an hour later we were transferred onto another bus which turned out to be a slow service bus which picked up and dropped off passengers on the way!  We did not arrive in Phuket until about 8.30 p.m. and finally got to my brother’s villa about 9.00 p.m. extremely tired and travel weary. 

 I am now ready for some R & R and to spend time with my family.