Morning Beach Walk and Swim

A shorter walk this morning of only 2km because it's moving day. But we don't need to depart until 11am so it's a relaxed pack up and then a walk towards town and back along the beach. We haven't yet swum at this beach so thought we better before we leave and we were hot so it made sense. The water is just a bit cooler than the pool which is nice. A short walk through Karma Resort and another swim and smoothie awaits. It's 9.30am so we have some time to chill before catching the shuttle bus out front that "O" has arranged for us. 

The shuttle was 20 minutes late which could have been a bit stressful but "O" had come out to the road to wait with us. She was able to call them and find out a passenger had been late so now they were behind schedule. We have plenty of time to get there so all is good once the van arrived. While waiting it was hot and the lady who runs the restaurant that we were standing outside gave us both a strawberry fruit drink with ice. For free. How nice. This wasn't the restaurant we had eaten at for the last few days either.

The ferry trip is the reverse of last time so a couple of hours back to Don Sak pier and then a shuttle bus to Surat Thani train station. On the ferry we realise we didn't have breakfast or lunch yet other than the smoothie so were feeling hungry. Sarah rounded up some snacks from the onboard shop and a couple of pot noodles. She only put a small amount of flavouring in mine and yet it was super spicy. Hers was not so spicy. At 20 baht, $1 each it was cheap. 

Once we get to the train station we have a long 5 hour wait for our train. Time to find a friendly cafe or restaurant to eat at and hang out in to read our books