Here we go...

So, let's begin my adventure. I missed my 9am trip to Penang from Koh Samui because I overslept. I was dead tired. Then again, I told myself, if it's not meant to be, then that trip to Penang was not meant to be. Nevertheless, I packed my belongings and headed to Big Buddha and returned my bike so that I could get my passport back. By the time I hit Big Buddha, it was already 8.45am. I was never gonna make it on time.

So I took my time to ask the travel agency how I could get to Nathon Pier from Big Buddha Pier. So told me to take the red Songtheaw which would cost me about 50baht only. It will stop at the ferry terminal directly.

Nathon Pier is to the west of Koh Samui. See?




This was the travel agent that really helped me a lot to get me to Haatyai in the shortest time possible. I even asked her to teach me to tell the time while waiting for my bus to arrive because I know, that I would have close to 20 hours of nothingness. So might as well improve my Thai.


This was basically her plan for me. I take the bus from Koh Samui and the bus will bring me to the Koh Samui Pier. The same bus will be ferried to Donsak Pier. Then I will reboard the bus again where it will take me to Surat Thani. This whole trip took about 3 hours, from noon to 3pm.

From Surat Thani, I will have to take a mini-van which will bring me to Haatyai in 6hours.




Goodbye Koh Samui and thank you.




I saw Lochness!


I hate ferry rides. I hate getting sick. I hate the sea. I hate waves.


I didn't really bother to think much except that I've already told my parents when I left Singapore that I will not return within 4 months unless I have to. This is the time to return home. To visit my uncle's family and most important of all, to be there with my mother. No matter what, family's always first in my book. Nothing else matters.


I love my frizzy hair. It feels rough.


Ok, next stop, Surat Thani.


Here's to Thailand.

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Finally, when I woke up from my sleep, I found myself in a weird place. I know it's Surat Thani but God knows where my exact location was.


This was the only street sign I could find.


Some weird spellings. Who creas as lnog as we can udnerstnd it. Rgiht?


Boy scouts. They look darn cute with their uniforms.

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Well, here we go again. 6 more hours and we'll be at Haatyai.

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Once I reached Haatyai, it was already 9pm and I started asking around on where the bus that could bring me to Singapore was. You know what they told me? All the buses have left...


I was left to stay at this roti prata shop that sells roti prata but with no curry....

jamiel
sugar and hot tea