Thailand, The Southern Leg
November 30th 2012 Now as bus journeys go, this was a big one....total travel time = 33 hours! Siem Reap to Bangkok was 9 hours. After half a day in a very sombre Bangkok we got an 8 hour bus down the east coast to Chumpon. This was followed by a 2 hour catamaran to the island of Koh Tao in the gulf of Thailand. 2 overnight buses was bad enough but the fast boat in rough seas was another experience altogether. This
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