Remote Koh Tao? I Don't Think So!

I'd read a couple of travel books that had said that Koh Tao was very remote and didn't have a proper power source, that power was provided by generators and only on at certain times of the day. Boy how things have changed since that was written, there's more Internet Cafe's here than on Koh Phangan.

Of course, it's STILL raining. Yesterday while waiting for the Ferry from Koh Phangan to Koh Tao the most intense rainstorm yet hit the Ferry Terminal. Then the Ferry arrived so we all had to troop out to get on the Ferry with the rain bucketing down. Wasn't a great experience but we've got really good backpacks so everything stayed nice and dry, especially because Sarah had a brainwave while we were backing to back everything into rubbish sacks.

The Ferry ride over was uneventful, shame that we were the last ones on (trying to stay dry) so we had the stand the whole way. Only a short ride over though so no big deal. When we got off the Ferry there was the usual massive of screaming, yelling, foaming-at-the-mouth Touts all trying to get us into their cab. We'd always tell people "Yes we have a place booked" even though we didn't, it's just less hassle than hearing their 20 minute speech. We did have a place in mind though so we got the cabbie to take us there, turns out that Blue Wind Bunglows is the best place we've stayed in yet. The room isn't really any better/worse than the others, but the resturant is right on the beach and is really amazing. We had our lunch sitting right on the waterfront with the sun (which made a brief but welcome appearance) keeping us warm, though of course that's never a problem here.

Today we've just taken it easy, it's overcast and always threatening to rain (you keep hearing the Thunder) so we've just been looking in and around the shops. The weather forcast is just as gloomly for the next 2 weeks... Enough about that though.

Time to go, our hour at the Internet Cafe is up!

Tim