Crew make everyone stack there bags in one place at the front of the boat and then do nothing to assist customers collect their bags to disembark leaving chaos. This made us late for our train connection. The boat was also late departing.
The boat to Koh Tao was extremely crowded and hot, so it felt a bit like a COVID trap. No AC, no fans, and no way to get outside to the deck or to an upper deck outside. The return boat was much better with spacing and AC.
The sleeper boat is great, just two things: the air-conditioning was strong and it was cold there in the sleeping room. There are only light blankets to cover yourself with so have some extra clothes with you. Also the beds are hard (personally I like that as well as hard pillows- so Ithis is just FYI) We left on time, people were great, slept as a baby. Arrived on time. Everything was very well organized.
Boat was OK, even if waiting for boarding at the pier under the sun was hard.
But The bus from Chumphon pier to the airport was lame: dirty, old, and it took 15 min longer than scheduled: a bit frightening to catch our flight
travel was ok. Were on time at airport, with two unexpected stops (one at railway station chumphon and one in the middle of the highway to pick up an additional passenger from another bus). This was a potentially dangerous stop, next to the road at a very busy part!