I completed my longest back to back over land and sea journey yesterday/day....composed of a water taxi to Phi Phi town, a ferry to Krabi (3.5 hr), a mini van to Surit Thani(3hr), a over night ferry to Koh Phangan(7hr), and finally a tuk tuk to the north end of the island (short).
The overnight ferry was great, chatted with some swedes and when we were finally tuckered out we just lay down as the whole deck was carpeted with beds (check out the shot on FB), really comfortable.
I was however attacked by the mosquito militia again. Argh. Andy - nada!
Koh Phangan's stunning and quite different to Phuket and Phi Phi as its not as developed. There are not masses of power cables, 7/11's or for that matter a sealed road but they are working on that.
Spoke to a old gent on the tuk tuk who's been diving around this island on his house profit for the last 20 years(!) this morning. He said Phangan is now changing with the increase in tourism will probably grow to be like the others within 5 years. A shame but that's what happens with these beautiful places, we all want to come here, supply and demand, and with us comes convieniance. I'm glad we're seeing it as it is now.
Its also a lot cheaper - our bungalow is right on the beach, with a/c + fan for the half of what we paid in Phi Phi and less that half of Phuket! I'm loving lying on the hammock and watchuing the day go by.
Sorry Ma, we've decided to rent scooters today to check out the island, apparently there are some beautiful waterfalls nearby. We'll take it easy, promise :) ....No insurance on these either....
photos!! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=34627&l=cbc03&id=694561720
xx
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