we spent 3 nights at railey. the first day we went on a trek around the cape, visiting tonsai rockclimbers beach, via the jungle walk from railey east. then we took the scrambly path to railey west for lunch. in the afternon
KOH ROK MY MOTHER FEELING THE HEATwe scrambled up to the viewpoint, then halfway down to the inner princess lagoon. then it was a final walk to phra nang beach, where my mother had a beach massage and we viewed the sunset. the next day we hired a longtail boat to visit poda, chicken and tub islands. we went to places i'd hadnt been to since i was there with ekk when we first met in november 2003! 
after that day, we hired a taxi to get us to don sak, the ferry port for koh samui. where we met up with ekk. the taxi took less than 3 hours, far shorter and better than the cattle run joint tickets you can buy. they can dump you at their depots for hours waiting for connections. the resort we stayed at on samui wasnt the one i had booked, as that was too grotty and old, and also far from the action. we ended up at the chaweng gardens beach, which recently has been rebuilding itself, while still keeping its garden setting. naturally prices have risen, but the rooms are really good and
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