Koh Tao, Thailand - 15/11/09

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Hello!

We've just completed the longest journey yet - 36 hours from Vientiane (Laos) to Koh Tao (S. Thailand).

We got on a tuk-tuk to the border at about 5pm on the 13th, got across the border only to find out that the bus for the next leg left from the Bus Station in the next town - 5km away! We got another tuk-tuk there, had a 12 hour night bus journey to Bangkok, went from the north to south bus station in Bangkok, got another bus at 9am which arrived in Chumphon at about 4pm, then waited for the next ferry to Koh Tao which went at 11pm and took 6 hours.

All in all not a bad journey - and we saved money on 2 nights of accomodation! Probably shouldn't have drunk the vodka on the ferry though.

Tomorrow we start our PADI open water diving course which we're both really looking forward to!

Hopefully all is well with all you home peeps!

Tim

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