Day 26-27

We decided to take an over night ferry from Koh Toa to Surratthani. The ferry left at 9pm Feb 10 and was scheduled to arrive at 5am Feb 11. The 8 hour ferry ride did not quite add up, since it took 4 hours from Surratthani to get to Koh Phangna and then 2 hours to get to Koh Toa. Becca put it perfectly when we arrived and saw our boat "No wonder it takes 8 hours we are going to be riding on a tug boat." Looking for luxurious accommodation, first class service and 5 star dinning? Look elsewhere! Accommodation includes 1/2 of a dirty mattress, 80 plus people in 50' by 10' room. Nice and cozy (got a touch awkward at times). We didn't realize that we signed up to ride a floating homeless shelter. At first glance you would think there was enough life preservers, but giving a quick head count and we realized that we will need to leave the wounded behind....Becca! The beds are a touch close and mighty cozy. Kathryn is exactly 1/4" from me and we are debating on spooning; however realizing Comatose Angie would force Kathryn to remain in spoon position. Shy, naive and young, the heroic Kathryn and the mighty comatose Angie considered their options.They established the mighty mighty comatose spoon. The gravel slowly taking its role on the queasy boat ride the two doze off to the sweet music of the Pussy Cat Dolls "Dontchya wish your girlfriend was hot like me...." From Surratthani we were loaded up on a truck the size of a ford ranger. The driver fit 16 people on the back and in the the front of the truck and 16 bags, so approximately 32 people. We jumped in the front cab, so hopefully to minimize scrapes and bruises if the truck tips over going around corners. We waited in a sketch diner to load into a bus (similar to the size of a grey hound). Mission impossible 3 was the movie of choice for the ride (sweet something to make us all fall fast a asleep). We were just about to fall asleep when the driver booted us off the bus and loaded us up into a 9 person van, which we sat in for 4 hours to Krabi. Surprise we were taken to another diner and sat for another hour and a half. We finally reached the Pier at 11am to head to Koh Pi Pi, but we managed to miss the morning boat and had to wait till 3:30 pm to catch the next ferry.

While waiting at the Pier we herd news that koh Pi Pi was on fire. The plan was to meet Andre and Adam on the island, and we hadn't heard anything about the degree of the fire. Andre and Adam met us at the Pier in Koh Pi Pi. The fire was contained and didn't stop the party on the island at all. We didn't get checked into our bungalow until 10pm and we had to trek over rocks with our giant bags and head laps, just your usual refugee expedition.