Phuk Phuket but Thailand was great...

After some gorgeous pancakes (we're slightly addicted to them... at least they're healthy...) we said good bye to the lovely staff at Laem Thien. Without being too corny it was like we were part of the family as there were so few guests we all got on really well, despite language difficulties. We piled into the truck for the last bumpy ride on Koh Tao. It started absolutley tipping it down and we got thoroughly drenched waiting for the driver. He eventually turned up and the bloody truck wouldn't start! We ended up leaving half an hour late but thanks to him driving like a maniac we just made our ferry connection.
 
First stop was Koh Phangyan, an island famous here with backpackers as they throw "wicked" full moon parties... and half moon parties... not really us! Next stop was Koh Samui, the Daddy of the Samui archipaelago. We got off and had an hour or two waiting for our next ferry. We made it to mainland in the afternoon and after a very long day finally got to Phuket at 10pm. When we got off the minibus a motorbike taxi was waiting; after haggling the price down we both got on the back with both our rucksacks!! Good fun, well for Sion anyway, she was snug in the middle, Phil was holding on for dear life on the back!
 
Our hotel room was a bit grotty but it was only for two nights and it was cheap! Our one day in Phuket town was spent searching for a market that didn't exist, looking around malls and sorting out a few bits. We had a cheap and cheerful lunch and that was about as exciting as it got. We had been warned by a good friend, "Don't even go to Phuket, stay in Great Yarmouth"... not bad advice that!

So the next day we got a bus to the airport and that was that, back to Singapore where our South East Asia adventure began three months ago to the day. Thailand was a lovely country, much better than we'd expected. It was very different to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. We were amazed by the transport system, not one single scheduled journey left late, they either left exactly on time or a minute early! The street food was really tasty and hygenic too, and the landscape was extremely pretty on both the coast and inland. We did some of the best snorkelling we'd ever done on Koh Tao and got to see to old friends in Chiang Mai, all in all, we loved Thailand!