I was told that near Laem Yongstar, at Tha Kham, a boat would leave once a day for Ko Sukorn, so I pedaled the 7 or 8 kilometres to that pier. I had coffee there, but could not get any definite information about the boat – first it was 10, then 11 o’clock, then no boat, but an older lady insisting on 1 in the afternoon. She was quite firm about, and later on Ko Sukorn I was told that the boat from there was ‘about lunch time’, so it seems that there is a boat once a day, but not until about noon.

However, it was nine in the morning, and I decided instead of sitting around for hours I would do the inland loop. I followed the main road for about 10 kikometres to speed up things, and accelerated to about warp speed 2,4. This got me around the top of the river estuary in about an hour. Another stop for drinks, and a somewhat slower decent back to the sea had me complete the loop in about 3 hours. After 51 clicks I was back on a pier once again.

Only a moment passed until the boat left for Ko Sukorn, and fifteen minutes and 70 baht later my bike and I were on the island. I got a room at the Cameroon island resort, and decided to take a break before checking out the island.

Motorbikes with sidecars are the main form of transportation  on the island, very little traffic, very laid back, with beautiful little roads leading around the island. With a thunderstorm approaching I had to cut my island loop short and pulled up at Dugong  Koh Sukorn, a little beach bar and homestay. Great views of the surrounding islands, a fantastic thunderstorm closing in, cold beer, yummy food and friendly company by the owner and friends. What else can you ask for?