Island to Island

Took a bus from Hua Hin to Chumphon and part way there the aircon quits! This was a modern double decker with those of us on the top section sweating like sauna pigs! I went below to see if it was better and if there were seats available. It was a slight bit cooler but no open seats. A couple sweating by the stairs showed me the intercom and asked me to talk to the driver (why me)? I guess they know a shit disturber when they see one, anyway no response so I go below and tap on the window separating the drivers from the tourists. No answer so I open it and show them how we are swimming in sweat. Soon the bus pulls over and we all get out to cool off in the 30 plus temp outside. I'm sure we could of sprayed water on the bus walls and had a make shift sweat lodge going on. I feel for the drivers as they are not aircon repairmen. They tried but no luck! Where is Glen Gulevich (aircon friend) when you need him! If my Dad, Jim or Step Dad, Stan were here they would of McGivered the unit. To our delight another double decker pulled over, both drivers tried to fix it but no luck so now we are stuffing our passengers onto another pretty full bus. Now what pisses me off are the Eurotating Euro's. When we were boarding or trying to board some people wouldn't move over or make space. So quiet subtle me starts poking people, some were even pretending to be asleep. I guess when you're raised in a chaotic overcrowded polluted city it's everyone for themselves. Managed to motivate some folks into unhappily moving but hey we're not here to make a lot of friends, we have a hard enough time keeping in touch with the ones we have! So move F-ing over you selfish pigs! Finally settled into our new seats with cool aircon and chilled with a couple games of backgammon. Arrived in time to catch a large fast catamaran ferry to Koh Tao. Speedy boat ride with ahhhhhhh, working aircon. The first night there we slept in a hot room with loud music close by and a crappy bed that felt like it would break in two. The next day after very little sleep I wandered around and found us a nice quiet room with air and a firm bed for resting up. Steve could now alertly start his schooling for the advanced open water diving course. He did 7 dives and the coarse all for under $300.00 smackeroos. One of them being a deep water dive, so now if he dives and gets the bends and has to be air ambulanced to a larger center with a decompression tank it will be free of charge with his new ticket! Hopefully he will never have to access this feature! He did a night dive which for me was scary just listening to what they were going to do. There is not a chance that I would want to even swim in the ocean at night! I am just Sheri the snorkel master, ha ha ha. During the course I enjoyed beach time and reading while waiting to hear of Steve's underwater adventures. Close to our hotel room on the rooftop of the hotel next to us we saw the biggest mud wasp nest ever, it was about 3 feet wide and over 4 feet in height! Don't want to upset that nest!Stayed 4 nights in Koh Tao then off to another island! Koh Phangan here we come!