Back from the South

Okay, I'm back in good old @home Guesthouse in Bangkok after my trip down south. Couldn't make it to Kho Pha Ngan after saying goodbye to the Swedes in Patong and got stuck for a day in Surat Thani (port town for the ferry to Pha Ngan). The rain was so intense I had to come back up north when I had the chance - Not so lucky were the thousands of people stranded on one of the islands down south (Kho Pha Ngan, Samui, Phi Phi etc), because 2-3m waves mean that no ferry will go. Even on the mainland the trains were not going, and quite a few buses were cancelled, too, they also shut down the Airports on Kho Samui and in Phuket, at least for some time, due to the heavy rain. Even 3 crocodiles escaped from the zoo in the floodings that occurred because of the heavy rain, it's really true, even though it sounds like an urban myth! Next up will be a few pictures, I just have to download them from the camera... What sucks is that I broke my eeePC's screen with some really pointy bit on my seat's footrest (laptop was in the bag down there) on the really nice and comfy 24-seat recliner-seat bus that I traveled up here with, so the top left quarter is blind, I'll go to Panthip Plaza today, need to go there anyway and I'll see if I can find someone that can repair it...