Tuesday 21st February

We got up early this morning to leave KohTao and head for Trang to meet Eddie's mates (Eddie befriended the mayor of Trang when he was there last and they have taken him in as their son!) So we got up at 8, boat is leaving at 10.30am so we left ourselves loads of time...or so we thought. We still had the quad bike so had to do two trips, with the weight of us and our bags you know! So Luke went in with Eddie first. Took them a bit longer than anticipated due to the ridiculous roads and the silly weight on the quad! Luke got baclk to Tanote Bay for me at 10 and the rush was on. I hopped on the bike and we drove as quick as possible back to the peir. Got the bike back to the rental company and ran down to meet Eddie, delighted with ourselves as we had fifteen minutes to spare! Eddie's defeated look confused as and when we reached him he explained that the boat left at 10....oh joy! The next boat wasn'tuntil 9pm and we dfecided that was just too ridiculous a wait, especially with our backpacks.

We eventually decided to get the boat to Koh Samui at 3pm, stay there for the night then get up early for the boat to Surat Thani and the bus to Trang. We got to Koh Samui and found a nice place to stay for 300baht. Went down to the peir with the boys so they could attempty fishing (again...no joy!) We ate lots of lovely street food and went to bed for our early start.