We left Kho Tao on the 17th and made our way back to Mae Head, where all the boats leave from. We planned to take the (Songserm) express boat to Chumphon then bus to Bangkok. We got a joint ticket for both the boat and bus journey, well worth doing as there was a connecting bus from the boat pier to the bus station in Chumphon. We left on the 2.30pm boat to Chumphon, the trip took about 3 hours (the ferry, although cheaper, would probably have taken twice as long). Once the connecting bus took us to the bus station, we had a four hour wait for the bus, which was due to leave around 9pm. This was okay, as we could leave our backpacks at the bus station and walk down the road
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