Leaving Koh Tao

The next day we had to check out of our bungalows bright and early to catch the ferry to Koh Phangan. Conveniently, there happened to be a taxi-boat moored outside our bungalow.  After speaking to the driver, we were told that it would be 150THB for the trip to the pier.  We found this to be quite reasonable as a taxi would have cost us 300THB.

After loading all our belongings onto the boat, the driver asked if we could pay up-front and suddenly the price became 150THB per person. As this was not what we had agreed to and the driver refused to take us for anything less, we unloaded our things and went to find a taxi instead.

Even though the taxi ended up costing us as much as the boat would have, we refused to take the boat on principle as we were furious at the driver's blatant attempt at trying to cheat us (obviously hoping that we'd want to avoid the hassle and just pay the inflated price) and decided to rather give our money to someone more honest.

After a mad dash to the pier, only to spend 30 minutes waiting for the ferry, we were eventually on our way to Koh Phangan.