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Published: March 20th 2013
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What is it ? Well I left Koh Tao with fond and amazing memories of diving and nice people .
The weather was great almost all of the time , with only one rain storm the whole time and that happend as we were underwater , it was strange surfacing to this torrential rain, was really confusing ! But there was never a storm that threatend the dives .
But today there was a mega storm and I was due to cross the Gulf of China on a poorly operated ( by kids ) cataraman. It was about a 2 hour crossing and I was perversly looking forward to this as the waves were mega !
I had to get to Koh Samui to meet up with Rosie and off I set and by god the sea was rough ! They stack the luggage normally outside in racks but as it was so rough and raining they made a wall at the the front of the passenger lounge about 4 meters high and roughly 4 suticases deep without a restraing belt ! This could only go wrong so I stayed well away from the front seats ! . As expected the whole
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Loved these fish, no idea what it is bloody lot came down and that was a lot of suticases ! People were shouting and screaming in pain , it was a nightmare , in Europe they ferry firm would have been sued laft right and center but this is Thailand and they just smile and say sorry , lucky there was no kids or babys under that lot !
Otherwise all you could do was watch people puke everywhere , the smell was horrible but somewhat amusing as there was a lot of " coming out in sympathy " that is when other people automatically puke when they see another person puke , this was funny !
So i went outside to watch the waves , I really did not think I would be allowed but this is Thailand and health and saftey is unknown here . It was amazing to watch the sea and the way the cataraman ploughed through the waves taking off and come crashing down again , I really thought she was going to break in two , I got soaked but it was an amazing sight .
Got to Koh Samui and booked into a cheapo hotel called " the
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Fell in with some dodgy Philippinos and this was hiding behind his cushion.Scared me a little room" and as the name sates it really was just a room ! But good internet and cheap cheap ! Met up with Rosie and her mate had a bit of a laugh but it was not the same and soon I was thinking about leaving as them 2 just wanted to chill out on the Island
So I arranged to meet Rosie in Hong Kong ( Never did though ) and I buggered off to the Philippines .
To get to the Philippines from Koh Samui is a nightmare I had to get to a 3 hour ferry trip to mainland Thailand then a 3 hour bus trip down south to the airport in Surat thani , but in the area of the airport is no hotel and I needed one as the flight was 20 hours after me getting to to Surat thani , I got a hotel online and hoped for the best that I could get to it from the bus station.
Surat thani is not a tourist destination and there is nothing there and English is not spoken anywhere! This was fun , I got to the Hotel and managed to get the room but the hotel was in the middle of nowhere and not one word of english and no restaurant ! Some guy there pointed me in the right direction but to no avail, I realised no how dependent I was on the English language I walked for miles but nothing in pitch darkness . I am not ´normally afraid of insects or animals but when you can hear and feel them but not see them it is horrible . Anyway I found a shack that sold weird stuff but crisps as well , so crisps it was for tea and breakfast ! Tv was in Thai but thank god there was internet and complimentary mineral water .
So off to the Philippines I went , I have heard and read a bit about the Philippines and the lovely Islands but left with out any plan whatsoever , all I did was book a Hotel in Angeles and had no idea how long I was going to stay there , that is what I grew to love about travelling especially alone you can come and go as you please and that is what I was doing , I had had enough of Koh Samui and on the spur of the moment packed my bags and left and now off to the Philippines with no idea for how long or where to after that , it really is a great feeling .
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it was really funny to read and imagine, but in reality who knows, i can only trust the author.. i didn\'t know about \" coming out in sympathy \", makes sense though :)