To get from Cambodia to Ko Pha-Ngan in Thailand we travelled for about 35 hours straight and took three buses, a taxi, a train, two more buses, a boat, another taxi and finally a longtail boat. By the time we arrived we were both feeling pretty spaced out, hungry and in serious need of some alcohol. The worst part of the journey was the sleeper train from Bangkok to Surat Thani. We were both looking forward to a good nights sleep in the cosy little beds that they have on Thai trains. Unfortunately we were booked onto what must have been the oldest, noisiest and most filthy train in the whole of Thailand (if not the world). To make things worse it was infested with fearless cockroaches that were literally climbing the walls. I hardly got
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