Die Abfahrt erfolgte früher als angekündigt. Man muss Tickets am Schalter nochmal eintauschen gegen das Fährticket. Bei Übergepäck wird theoretisch 50 Baht berechnet, mussten wir aber nicht zahlen. Keine anschnaller im Bus.
Everything was fine, we had a bus for around one hour, waiting for ferry was not that long, 40-45 minutes and ferry itself was directed with duration of 3 hours approximately!
Pick up would be anywhere between 30 minutes early and 30 minutes late. Was 30 minutes late. Then we stopped at Phantip office for another 15 minutes, where we got our ferry tickets. Smooth drive to the pier. Turned out to be Raja Ferry Pier. (We had chosen Phantip instead of Raja, because of their bad reputation…)
Raja Ferry was… Let’s say we survived it. Thanks to the small number of passengers we had enough space. Not sure about the level of comfort with a full boat.
All very old, rusty, damaged chairs, no escape ladder where the escape ladder was indicated. No service or personnel (except a vending machine and probably a captain somewhere).
Upon arrival in Koh Pha Ngan no real alternatives to the pickup truck taxi’s, that willl carry up to 8 visitors with suitcases, like caged animals, and still charge ridiculous prices (which you agree to and they then try to increase).
Anyway… we got there and the hotel is great!