After leaving Tokyo we landed in Bangkok on Halloween, which was a serious assault to the senses... once we got used to it and found our bearings we made the most of it, did a bit of shopping before heading south for the islands - koh tao first stop. Took the night train from Bangkok to Chumphon, about 458km south of Bangkok where we took the catamaran the following morning to Koh Tao... (where we'd been told it had been raining heavily for the last week!) Than...