Khao Lak - Surat Thani

Our last stage on the mainland tool us from Koa Lhak to Surat Thani. In the morning we were visiting some nice waterfalls around Koa Lhak and had a swim in them - almost a private waterfall for us as the tourist buses were arriving later.
After this little swim in the morning, our journey took us to the Kao Sak National Park. However, as the weather was pretty bad (rainy) and we had to give back the car on the same day before 7pm in Surat Thani, we decided to drive on. But even though the weather wasn't good, the landscape was pretty nice and it was very interesting driving from one coast to the other one, with a jungle and some heavy rain in the midpart.
However, the day wasn't over yet when arriving in Surat Thani as we had to figure out where and when we can catch a ferry the day after that brings us to Ko Tao. Well, I have to admit at this point that we're currently travelling pretty spontaneous and more on a day-to-day planning. Thus, we spend the eveningy frequently booking hostels, arranging transfers or collecting other kinds of information for tomorrow's stage. Of course, that's not always the way you want it - but hey, that's how it is and so we deal with it now! However, what makes things way more difficult here is the fact that the level of English of the locals is most of the time pretty bad, also at hotel reception etc, what makes communication quite hard, as our Thai knowledge is equal to zero :) But us written earlier, one of my newer skills since attending the Universiade and spending some time in China is "patience"! And this is pretty helpful in such moments, as the best option you have is to try keep smiling and ask again :)
But long story short: we were able to arrange a ferry ticket to Ko Tao and so we took of the next morning to explore the Gulf of Thailand!