Day 71 Sauna

14/05/13
I searched fruitlessly for a coffee shop this morning (at least for one that was open), I found it atrocious that there wasn't a single coffee shop open at 08.15, by 09.00 still none of them had opened their shutters, not on!  A minibus took me to Krabi, where I picked up a double decker coach took me to Surat Thani. The trip there was a couple of hours long and the last hour was torture. The AC broke/was turned off and regardless of countless people speaking/shouting at the driver it wasn't turned back on, leaving us to slowly cook. It was 40 degrees inside the bus and many people took off their tops because they were so hot, I just sat their and my face was literally streaming. It was the first time that I have ever got out of a vehicle and cooled down in 35 degrees. There were a number of very irate customers, especially one large frenchman, he was at least twice the size of the frightened Thai he was shouting at. I have just written a review on tripadvisor to make my revenge. We then had a ferry ride that stopped off at Koh Samui and Koh Phangan before dropping us off on Koh Tao, the diving capital of the world. There was a mad rush to get a taxi to Sairee Beach the main tourist area along a beach. I shared the rie with 2 Swedish lads and an Aussie who had come to do his Dive Master training. We scouted out a couple of places to stay but all of them were full or shut, the Swedes had had enough so split. Not long after Alex and were found by a hostel owner and taken to a dorm room where we met a couple of other people from the boat. It is the cleanest place I have stayed so far (probably because it has recently been built). 5 of us went out for a meal and a drink on the beach. I have to say that I already love this place and if I didn't have any other plans I would crack on with my Divemaster training!