Journey to Phuket

Last night we stayed on a night train to Surat Thani to get a bus to Phuket from there. The train was ok, we had sort of bunk beds that they made up for us when it was time to go to bed. George didn't sleep well but i did, mine was quite comfortable (besides all the insects, I was bitten 3 times). The bus was a bit of a nightmare though. It was a pretty small bus and we were the last to get on so we had to stand in the isle but it's a 4 hour journey!! I spent about 2 1/2 hours either stood up or sat on my back-pack in the isle. It was packed full of bodies and roasting. They stopped the bus at a little hut-type shop at the side of the road and when we got back on, it turned out they has air conditioning and had just decided not to turn it on, bastards!! It wasn't too dis-heartening though, all part of the experince i suppose.