20 of May 2011
We left Kota Baru( Malaysia) this morning at 8am heading to the Thailand border in Sungai Kolok in a bus. We are heading to our second Couch surfing family in Koh Lanta – Thailand.
In Sungai Kolok we carried our heavy bags across the border. No Taxies on the other side only motorbike taxies. We were told that they would have no trouble taking us but we declined and decided to walk to the train station. Oh my, we finally made it completely trenched 20 min later, don’t forget it’s the buildup of the monsoon season Hot Hot Hot. Thailand is already turning out to be cheaper than Malaysia and we loved feeling like Kings and Queens.
Our train ride which was second class from the Thai border to Hat Yai cost us only 30 dollars for all of us. The train had open windows and fans above which seem more than enough to keep us cool. On the train there had many heavily armed army dudes. I did ask if i could take photos but got a smile and a big no. Apparently this was left over from the up rise last October in Thailand
It took us about 5 hrs on the train and then we had to catch a mini bus to Trang which is where we stopped for the night as it would take another bus and another 3 hrs to Koh Lanta. I am so excited to be in Thailand finally. We ended up finding a super cheap hotel room, that had 3 king seize mattresses put together, one large bed for all 4 of us. We went down the street to find some amazing dinner and then collapsed into bed by about 11pm.