Up Early And We Were Off,

the mini bus was ordered and arrived slightly early but we were ready,

 waiting outside finishing our tea and coffee,

 a few hills later and we were at the docks, the ferry just pulling in,

 it was soon tied up and we started to board,

 going past the docks shrine,

 a quick picture for the album,

 and we were off, inshore the sea was calm,

 but looking windward it looked a bit choppy,

 I noticed this sea eagle swooping down on something in the water,

 it turned out to be a piece of plastic,

 crikey I thought that taking pictures of beach crabs was difficult, 

but I just could not get a good picture of this bird head on,

 we were soon settled in, a beer in hand,

 what a great way to travel!

 arriving on the mainland the girls went on another shopping spree, Maureen buying a hat,

 our transport arrived and we were off for the trip to Pattaya,

 and where to stop off for our evening meal? the Punch and Judy,

 bangers and mash for Nick, fish and chips for Maureen and myself,

 and a huge rack of ribs for Diana,

back home the serious part of the evening, Monopoly which Maureen won in no uncertain terms,

 

if you fancy a trip to the islands this is just a small map of White Sands, the area where we stayed, but next time we go instead of a SUV taking just the four of us we will travel using a local mini bus service, it is slightly more inconvenient as the mini bus will not come to your house, but the cost door to door using the SUV was 3,240 baht one way, which is fine if four people are sharing, but if there are just two people the mini bus service at 1,400 one way is a better deal, it just means that we need to have a 5 minute walk for the mini bus to pick us up, but back to the evening, we were all tired after a day of travelling, so we were off to bed.