After 4 days on Ko Lanta, we made the decision to skip Cambodia on this trip. From where we are, it will add a lot of complex travel and expense, and we’re hoping to return soon to see everything we missed. So we set off for the Gulf of Thailand. While there are a million routes, we decided on the agency with the most information available. We knew they would pick us up at 7:30am, and we’d get to Koh Phangnan around 4pm – all for 900B each ($30). The rest…as they say in Thailand “Mai pen rai”. This was another case of getting what you paid for. Sitting in the back row of a wispily air conditioned van, packed with touristas and backpacks, flying through the Thai countryside at 75mph – for 4 hours – mostly in the unmarked “middle lane” we’ve been assured exists by our previous guides. We’re safely on the ferry now, guidebooks and beers at the ready, trying to figure out where we’ll stay when we land. Koh Phangan is famous for their full moon parties, and with one coming up on Thurs, we’re hoping to catch the pre-show and be on Koh Samui before we get body painted.