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Now to head south....
Night train that happened to be 2 hours late and managed to hit a car at a country crossing... I'm sure the car didn't look; as probably everyday it crosses at the same time and usually there isn't a train coming!!! The ironic thing is that the train reversed so that it could 'deal' with the incident so all of us passengers saw the carnage!!!! We are optimistic that the driver got out though because within 30 mins or so we were off again!!! Then we were transferred to a coach with a sticker put on us to identify where our destination was and then a 2 and a half hour ferry journey to the southern island of Koh Phangan where our beach bungalow was. All in all approximately 18hours of travel but well worth it!! This was to be a 5 day chill out at at the beach on an Island and that was exactly what it was. The accommodation was called Cozy Bungalows and on arrival we were taken to our 'cozy' bungalow that happened to be the one directly next to the beach, bar, restaurant and chill out area including a Thai massage shop!!!
For 5 days we didn't do much other than, eat, sleep, drink, relax in various orders!!! We did manage to take a walk along the coast to see our surroundings and made it to the next bay before we needed to get a drink and rest from the heat and then wander back to relax in the sun!! We also took a tuk tuk ride to a beach on the north of the island for a day out!!! This island is famous for its full and half moon parties but we were there when it was neither so it was also very quiet!!! We enjoyed a wander into the bar area one night so as to watch footy.... Man City whopped Newcastle 6-1 so it was great especially when the only other person in the bar with us was a Man U fan!!! The other nights we frequented our beach bar ran by a Thai 'hippy' and his German girlfriend (she went traveling for 6 months and 2 years later she is still there!), a very chilled place with floor matting and cushions called The Friendly Bar, many cocktails drank and playing Yahtzee, watching far off storms, chatting and chilling!!! So all in all a great few days on a lovely island, but all good things come to an end so before we packed to leave for out next destination I had a fabulous massage for the equivalent of £8!!! 11 am the next morning we left for another journey via boat and bus to Krabi, approximately 8 hours away!!!
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