As everybody knows from the last blog we took the train on Wednesday night to Surat Thani. If all had gone as planned we'd have been on the train at 7.45pm and in Surat Thani by 3am Thursday morning. All didn't go to plan though, we arrived at the station and the guard told us the train would be an hour late, an hour and a half later and it rolled up, by which time Sarah had been eaten alive by mosquitos. Being backpackers we had bought the cheapest available ticket - the cheapest was 3 quid each in 3rd class. So we sat in our seats in the bolt upright position for a looooooong time. All part of the fun!! In the middle of the night the train stopped for 2 hours and we still aren't sure why. You looked out of the window and it was complete darkness all around the train. Very spooky! At this point me and Taz went outside to stretch our legs and let the other 2 stretch out and sleep a bit. When the train got going again me and Taz were still up, standing at the open doors as the sun came up. Very romantic! It was like being in an old film on our old train, chugging along at sunrise! I loved it. But the delays meant that we only arrived at Surat Thani at 8am. By 10am we were on a 2 hour ferry to Ko Samui. At 12noon we were on Samui in the raging heat and after a little looking around we'd found 3 beach huts constructed on the sand about 10 meters from the lovely blue sea on Lamai beach. The best part is that they're 8 quid each as it's low season. Sarah absolutely loves that she's in a beach hut and that when you open the door in the morning you're blinded by the bright sun, white sand and bright blue sea. We had a look around and went to bed. Taz and I didn't actually have any sleep all night (too busy filming the sunrise) and I don't think Sarah or Anneka got much either so it was nice to have a seep before going out for a nice seafood tea at about half 9.
Yesterday everybody was up and about early to make the most of the sunbathing opportunity right on our doorstep. We chilled out all day but I couldn't help spending more time in the shade or in the sea (no jellies!) than baking in the sun because it was so intense. We all went really brown but unfortunately I was the only one not to go red. Taz had a little redness on his shoulders - nothing major, I'd been plastering him in factor 30 all day. Sarah has a rosy face and even Anneka with her factor 50 on went a little rosy in the sun. Last night we went out for tea at the neightbouring beach, Chaweng. When we got back we sat outside out beach bungalows on this pagoda type wooden construction that the massage women use during the day. It was very relaxing sat right infront of the sea with a few 7 eleven beverages...
Today Taz and I are the only ones out of bed at dinner time so we've been for some tasty noodle soup from a stall. I believe Sarah's having a lovely peaceful lie in and unfortunately Anneka's feeling a little bit dodgy so she's sticking to her hut for a while. It suits us as sunbathing all day after we did yesterday just feels like way too much for your skin. So we're wandering around the small town instead :-)
Tonight is Anneka's last night and we're planning to go out for tea in style for the occassion. Tomorrow is Taz's birthday so I have to work on pamering him all day. The day after is the full moon party. 3 busy days and then hopefully a few more blissfull weeks of relaxation before we find our way home :-)
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