From Hat Yai to Koh Phangan

Hat Yai
We got an overnight bus from Kuala Lumpur to Hat Yai (south Thailand) where the air conditioning left the interior of the bus just over freezing temperature. Instead of the company turning up the heat they gave out blankets, so it more or less was bearable. Suffice to say when we alighted the bus back into the searing heat we were taken aback.
We spend the day in Hat Yai, the cheapest place by far we have been to. The taxis would be a definite health and safety hazard back home, as we just get onto the back of a small truck and hold on for dear life. We arrived at around 6am where nothing was open, so we just headed in one direction until places started opening up. We had breakfast at a local place where nobody spoke english, but was arguably the best place we've eaten so far (also the cheapest as each of our meals were about 60p). We then headed to the bus station to figure out our next journey details. We decided to get a 9.30pm overnight bus to Koh Phangan, a small island known for its parties and good beaches. Ideal. We then headed back into the centre of town in Hat Yai and went to a local market where it was crowded and hot and the locals laughed at us because we looked funny (later on we asked someone why this was and he reckoned it was because we were white and tall, looking completely out of place). This market was actually really cool and totally different to anything in the UK. After the market we decided to chill (suprise suprise) in a bar and play a bit of cards, before walking around town some more - Walmo bought some new flip flops and I wish I did too as mine are almost totally broken now. We then had some more chill time in another bar where we played some more cards - and we noticed Felly was being mocked by the staff because of his untucked indiana jones style green shirt and shorts.
The overnight bus was sadly nowhere near as comfortable as our previous journey. Not only did we have no leg space whatsoever, but the aisle of the bus was crammed full of people.

Koh Phangan
We arrived at the ferry terminal on mainland Thailand absolutely knackered at 3am, with our ferry not leaving till 8am, so it was time for some more cards and chilling. We fell asleep on the ferry over, waking up with the sun blaring down on us, each with peculiar tan lines (felly notably went the reddest with his shoulders being burnt outside of his sleeveless top). We then got the scariest taxi ever where our bags were on top of the cab and we couldnt see them, and the driver went hell for leather round bends and up and down hills, leaving us holding on to anything we could hoping neither we nor our bags fell out. We then had to get a water taxi to a couple of beautiful secluded beaches with no road links to the rest of the island. The place we wanted to stay in which has a load of bungalows is fully booked, but luckily because we're such legends they're letting us crash in their hammocks at night. Last night we went to this all night party - although I didn't make it to sunrise due to being a little worse for wear and tired because of the lack of sleep - the other two tell me that sunrise was a magical experience. This morning I got up out of the hammock and watched the staff do their rituals for Chinese New Year and chilled with some of the other guests till Walmo and Felly arose. We then hit the beach for some quality chill time, playing a bit of basketball and swimming in the sea until we decided to come here to the internet cafe. We're now deciding whether to stay another night in a hammock or head to a more populous area where there's a bigger nightlife scene and a place we can use plugs to charge our various electrical necessities.
The plan now is to head back to the bungalows and, you guessed it, chill.