Well, we survived the night not too worse for the wear. In between the creaking of the train, the sudden lurching changes in speed, the swinging temperature, the crying toddler two cabins over, and the fairy-like voice of our cabin steward, we managed to catch a few winks. Needless to say, it wasn’t the most comfortable night, but like I said earlier, it’s all worth it for a few days in paradise.
Our train was a bit behind schedule and we reached our destination of Surat Thani about an hour late at 7:30am. While we were waking ourselves up, our cabin steward came by to help out in the process. Incredibly nice, he had an amazingly high voice and we could hear him go down the length of the train knocking on every door saying, “MornING!” with a sheepish grin. He then brought us our breakfast followed by “tea!?!” and “coffee?!?”
Once the train came to a stop and we disembarked all of our fellow passengers trundled off to their waiting tour buses. Those of us independent travelers, however, were stuck waiting around. I guess there was a miscommunication somewhere along the way and our bus didn’t arrive until 9:30am. Ashlee handled the delay really well and she kept me distracted by playing multiple hands of Monopoly Deal. She also didn’t say anything when I bought a small bottle of Thai whiskey (I think it actually might be rum), but she did make me promise not to open it until we got to our hotel.
We’re on the tail-end of our bus trip now passing through a small rainstorm. It’s only making the surrounding scenery look all the more lush. We’re on a pretty nice bus and the overall drive is about 4 hours. We will get dropped off in Phuket Town where we will eat lunch, make our travel arrangements to Ko Phi Phi on Wednesday, and then catch a ride to the hopefully quiet spot where we are staying the next few days: the Seaside Cottages on Mai Khao Beach.
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