Ko Chang - to the island

We went to Ko Chang ("elephant island") for the holidays at the end of 2009. We got up early and ate a jelly donut and steamed bun breakfast (each shaped like a little animal), then took a bus from Bangkok that brought us to a pier near Trat, then took a ferry (sponsored by a soda company, apparently) across to the island. The sea en route was a gorgeous color of blue. You can see the island of Ko Chang from the ferry - steep and hilly - so it was quite a scenic ride in the back of a pickup from the ferry landing to the hotel. Most of the people you see standing at the back of the ferry were speaking Russian.