Due to the events of new years eve I woke up not in the best of moods and just wanted to get away from Ko Samui as quickly as I could. I spent most of the day with long waits for the ferry and 2 buses. I got as far as Chumphon where I spent the night before heading off again. The plan was to get to Hua Hin but I had to wait ages for the bus (I had dinner with the driver). I was going to change buses at Prachuap Khari Khan but it was getting dark so I thought I might as well stop the night.
The plan was to climb the nearby hill first thing in the morning then head off. There was an interesting crowd of people at the accommodation I was staying at so I chosen to stay another night.
There was only a handful of westerners around town. The locals seemed friendly enough and it was the kind of place where you sit and watch the world go by. After more than a week of high costs and endless hassle it was the perfect antidote to Ko Samui.
I ended up staying there until my last but one night in Thailand.
What made my time there was the crowd of people at my accommodation. Everyone seemed to have an interesting story, one worked in India, one was cycling round the world, one was recovering from a motorbike accident etc
We spent many hours around those tables...................
At the time of writing the town was going to be opened up as a border crossing. This would flood the place with people, push up costs and a whole list of other bad things that come with being a border town. I was glad I went there when I did.
That was it for Thailand, I went back to Bangkok for the last night before flying to Nepal. I was now heading in the general direction of home..........but it was going to be 3 more months before I got there.
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