Day 249: Journey to Koh Samui
Just as Lindsay was falling asleep the night before she could hear a wicked thunderstorm roll into Koh Tao. When we got up in the morning, the rain was still coming down pretty hard. Oh well! Now that we were done with our scuba course, we could just sit back and enjoy our room on our last day – in fact, Lindsay was secretly glad that the rain would prohibit us from going out and “doing stuff.” As she sipped her breakfast coffee she started perusing the vast list of pre-programed movies on the hotel hard drive to see what cinematic masterpieces we would watch from our king-sized bed.
Just after 8AM, we got a call from Be, one of the hotel managers, with *terrible* news: because of the storm, the 6AM ferry we were planning to take the next morning was cancelled! Since our fight out of Koh Samui was at 10AM, we would have to leave The Place today in order to make it to the airport in time. BOO!!!!!
Instead of lazing around in the lap of luxury, we spent the rest of our morning packing up our bags and trying to salvage the rest of the groceries we had picked up the day before (although Lindsay made a POINT to jump in our pool one last time!). We popped a few seasickness tablets before boarding the Lomprayah high-speed ferry boat (the waves were massive – even we were at risk blowing chunks on these waters). We stayed below deck near the center of the boat where the wasn’t too bad – *we* kept everything down during the journey, although once again we were surrounded by barfing travelers.
After leaving The Place so early, *any* hotel was bound to be a massive disappointment, so we booked the cheapest and closest resort near the ferry terminal. Not a bad place to stay at all, just a disappointing alternative to our original plans.
Making a half-dozen PB&J sandwiches and packing up all the leftover food we had bought for the next two days
We are so bummed that we have to leave our love nest a day early! We should be swimming naked in our private plunge pool, not sitting in a violently pitching ferry boat next to puking passengers
Well, it’s no “The Place,” but the Saboey Resort is a 5min walk from the Bangrak Pier so we quickly find shelter from the storm. Plus, welcome fruit is always nice!
A gourmet dinner of sandwiches, chips and chocolate chip cookies to pair with our last bottle of grocery-store wine