I left Khao Lak the day after I returned from the live aboard. There was time to leave the day we returned but I was too exhausted to do but lay around. I stayed at Monkey Dive again because I loved it so much the first time (they had the next live aboard advertised for the discounted price, I got a sweet deal). I asked the staff how to get to Ranong, a town I read about in my guidebook for having a good hot spring spa). They told me to wait on the side of the road, catch a bus, any bus, to the bus terminal outside town and catch an actual bus from there.  Continue reading →