Long Day of Travel, Now in Ao Nang

There's really not much to say about yesterday, except that we left our hotel in Koh Tao at about 9:30am and didn't get to our hotel in Ao Nang until 7:30pm.  It was a loooong day of travel.  Here's how it went:

We took a taxi from hotel to the pier.  Got on the boat and headed for an upper deck this time, because we heard that helps with sea sickness.  What also helps with sea sickness are good old fashion pills. We have a lot of those now.

On this boat we discovered a "VIP" section, where you could sit for an extra 100 bat. That's about $3.30 so we figured what the heck.  It was a nice air-conditioned cabin on the middle deck of the boat and it had super comfy chairs that leaned back.  We actually slept most of the way to Chumpong!  That's a huge difference from our previous nightmare ride.

From Chumpong pier we were herded onto a large bus.  Then we were dropped off at a restaurant for lunch in Chumpong city.  From there, we got in a 12 seater van with all of our luggage strapped to the top.  The driver was somewhat of a dare devil, and the ac apparently worked too well in the front, where I wasn't, and not well enough in the back, where I was, sweating away.  It was tough to find a compromise, because I felt bad for the folks in the front with icicles forming in their hair, but I'm a delicate flower, and was wilting gosh darn it.

Anyway, 4 hours later, we reached Krabi, where we dropped off a few of our passengers and reloaded the luggage into the van.  Now I got to sit in the front of the van and enjoy the cooling AC.  Much much better.  Another half hour or so later we were in Ao Nang, tired but safe.  Let's just say we slept long and well last night.  Phew!