As I mentioned before the weather on Koh Tao has been horrendous. It's been near enough non stop rain, thunder and lightening and for me, I've not had to go out as I took the weekend off but feeling a little penned in, I took a chance on Sunday afternoon where there was a break in the weather and wend for a cycle up to the resevoir. The new road that they've just completed was looking a bit worse for wear, already cracks, drainage full and mud/and slides from where they've been clearing the land.
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| Small section of the road |
With the weather being so terrible, the majority of the ferries had been cancelled which meant that rather than catching the 6am ferry we could only leave the island on the 9.30am which meant that we'd miss our flights from Surrathani to Kuala Lumpa ;-( In the end, Simon scrambled around and booked alternate flights from Samui.
The journey across to Samui was rough but not too bad. I think the 2 seasickness tablets that we took helped. I was sat next to a little boy who puked all the way. Not the nicest of things. Off the ferry it was a quick minibus ride to the airport. Samui was just as wet and flooded as Koh Tao. Arriving at the airport we were eager to get checked in and chill but it was chaos. Some domestic flights had been cancelled due to the weather, by the looks of things most international flights were still going out but trying to get information was a nightmare. We took refuge and went to the Irish bar for a drink :-D Flights slightly delayed we made it safe and sound to KL just in time for the last leg of our journey to Penang where we were met and taken to our lovely colonial accommodation.
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| Fortress |
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| Scary cat!! |
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| 'Purfect cafe' ..some of the unsociable cats |
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| Simon enjoying taking a break from cycling ;-D |
1 comment:
WOW, THE ROUGH THEN THE SMOOTH. NOT BAD! : )
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