In the morning, we walked around Nathon, trying to find a ferry to Koh Tao. Much to our surprise, we found out that the morning ferry was already full. Planning ahead was something that both of us had to re-learn after being in the sheltered retreat setting for ten days. Luckily, we found that another ferry company had a new afternoon ferry that still had space for us. So that left us with almost a full day in Nathon. We mainly walked around and enjoyed all the diverse sense impressions the town had to offer: breakfast at a nice cafe, random blue-and-white walls...
... colorful shops...
... and the lovely pains of a Thai massage. Waiting for the ferry, we also had the opportunity of watching the fishing boats unload their day's catch. It is hard to imagine that just 20 years ago, the island lived almost entirely off fishing, not tourism.
