Polly: Well, after our yucky journey from Koh Tao aboard the Lomprayah ferry to Chumphon, we were whisked off in a taxi and dropped at the Merokot Hotel within five minutes of our arrival. For 400 Baht a night, the hotel was fantastic. It was clean, had a lift, spacious room, TV, fridge, air-conditioning and a bath. I haven't sat in a bath tub since staying with Nic & Jim in Australia, so was a bit over-excited. We didn't hang around long though as we both had empty bellies and I'd run out of shampoo & shower gel! As we walked around the town I was struck by a feeling of calmness. Nobody was shouting; “'Ello, taxi?”, “You wan' look, nice nice?”, or the favourite line which seems to be applied to just about everything, “I
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