Goodbye Ko Phagnan

I feel like I have only just got here and I have to go :(  There is so much to miss, from the total peace, the  scenery, the general "scene",  to the people and of course the local wildlife.  I found a TOAD in my wardrobe this morning when I was packing and a REALLY big gecko about a foot long, last night sitting above my bed....being noisy.

I'm now in an internet cafe having taken a long-tail boat to Had Rin (sad goodbye to the beach) to wait for the taxi to take me to the catamaran boat that will take me to the Bus which will take me to Bangkok by about midnight tonight.

Talking of the wildlife again, I had asssumed yesterday's spontaneous live floor show had somehow made a less profound and shocking  impression on the others on the beach than it had on me... however when the group of aforementioned dogs ran playfully over the beach again yesteday there was an audible intake of breathe from those around me and there arose a loud and plaintive cry from behind me of "PLEASE God NO!!!! Please don't let them fuck again.....".   Laughed til I wept again.

It's ragingly hot today and I have a slight hangover (DAMN that Chang beer) so hopefully I will be able to sleep on the bus; I have my annoying inflateable neck cushion at the ready.  The neck cushion is not annoyng to me, you understand, I love it, but I have in the past felt irrationally irritated by other people that have them, as, lets be honest, they do make you look like an idiot using them.... but damn! They are reallly good!

I am pretty sure I am incurring suppressed anger from fellow travellers as I smugly insert my earplugs as well.  (These really ARE a godsend as on most modes of transport out here,  the air conditioning alone can be deafeneing and that's before you add compulsory beeping of the horn every 30 seconds and the rattling of the loose bits of vehicle that aren't gaffa taped on properly as they negiotiate the bumpy roads.)

Onwards. Back to Bangkok!