Oh well, I’m in downtown Hat Rin now, waiting for my taxi to take me to my speed boat to Koh Tao, the final leg of the journey. I will be there for three nights, then taking the sleeper train back to Bangkok Wednesday night. I arrive in Bangkok at 6 a.m. Thursday, and fly out 7 a.m. Saturday.

Koh Tao is the most remote of the places I have stayed. Basically the further up the island chain you go, the more remote. It is something like Hawaii whereby Oahu::Maui::Kawai (sp) as Koh Samui::Koh Phagnan::Koh Tao.

I am not sure of my accommodations in Koh Tao, although the goal is to stay where Jamey did. He was there for a week before settling in on Koh Samui. He said it was an amazing place (basically falling apart, but in a good way) with rooms for 100 baht a night. We’ll see what I get.

The Sanctuary was nice, but it just seems so expensive. In the back of my mind, I know it isn’t. But comparatively, it is very high. I probably blew through $200 there in six days. Typing that, of course, it seems ridiculously cheap, but I last paid $200 for 20 nights (accomodations only) on Samui.

But I’m not leaving because of the price, but because there are three main islands in this chain, so I want to see them all. It is certainly not the most ambitious tour of Thailand you can make in 6 weeks, three islands, but it was a great time.

Anyway, I’m not sure about Koh Tao as far as whether I will be able to post anything/check e-mail. We shall see…

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