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Hi folks,
Well we've left the perentian Islands and have since headed back to Thailand. The Islands were amazing....we got to swim with big turtles....we just hope the underwater photos came out ok??!!
We were going to head back to Bangkok and spend our last week on Ko Samet (the frist place we went) however getting from the Perentian Islands to Bangkok proved tricky. We had to get the night train!!! Which sounded very romantic and exciting......little did we know it would turn into the worst journey of our lives!!! We got to the train station after deciding that we deserved a sleeper as the journey was going to take 24hrs!! Unfortunatley the train was unusually busy and all they had left was a 2nd class seat. Thinking that we had braved much worse....and the fact that this was the only train of the day....we went for it. One hr in and we were in 45 degree heat on a cramped seat moving at about 10mph!!!! and it only got worse from there on in!!! We decided to find the bar on the train as a last ditch atempt to cool down....beer eased the pain somewhat!!! After only 4hrs in we came to the decision that we definatley couldn't bear this all night......so decided to get of the train at a place called Surat Tarni, so we could then head the the beautiful island of Ko Phangan. Another 4hrs later we were very glad we had made that decision as when the sun went down out came the insects, millions of them......they were in your hair, down your top and biting your ankles. Holly felt like crying as thousands of moths buzzed round her head!!!!! We put our hoodies on (with our hoods up) and prayed we'd be getting of soon!
We arrived at Surat Tarni tried, hot, emotional and itchy. However we easily found a wonderfullty clean, cheap hotel and sorted of tickets for the the boat in the morning to Ko Phangan. Amazing!!!
After arriving at Ko Phangan we realised why the train had been so busy......there was a coup happening in Bangkok. It was sheer blind luck that we had got off the train when we did, and thank god we did!!!!
So we are now recouperating by the pool and having some well deserved nights out....althouugh we gave the black moon party a miss this time!!!!
We go to Bottle beach tomorrow for some serious chilling before heading to Bangkok to fly home at the weekend. Don't worry the coup has already finished so were all safe!!!!
Not long till our return now, looking forward to seeing you all and boring the pants off you with our stories and photos!!!
Take care,
Lots of love
H & J XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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