We had a strange trip. First with a bus to another pier. After that we had to walk quite far with the luggage to the boat. Had yo take it downstairs in the boat. It was very busy. We stopped on Ko Samui and after that on Ko Phan lang. They said that we would have a change of boat there, but that didn’t happen. In the end we arrived more than half an hour too late.
Our trip from Bangkok to khao Soc went exactly as it should. We arrived on time. Seats were ok and reclined quite a bit. The only down was that the sheet in front was a little too close. But still more comfy than an aeroplane.
Boat was hot and crowded and getting on and off took forever, which wouldn’t be problem if we didn’t have to switch boats halfway. Was also an hour and a half late.
They couldn’t find our booking, tried to convince me that we booked the wrong month (I didn’t), weren’t forthcoming with information or help. In the end the porter guy (who was amazing) resolved the issue and eased my mind in the meantime.
The boat was absolutely freezing
We booked a ticket from tappee pier to ko Tao. We weren’t sure with what kind of vehicles this would be but at the check in the woman explained the first part would be with bus and the second part with boat. She also told us we would have to change boats at ko panghan, but when we arrived there the crew told us to stay on board which was a bit confusing (we didn’t end up having to change boats). The journey itself was fine. The sea was rough and made us very sick but that’s not on the company so I would recommend this!
We did have a delay of 2 hours because of the rough sea.