Only one whole day on Railay, probably needed at least 1 or 2 more as there's lots to do here like rock climbing, diving, and visiting the islands and caves. We'd had enough of tours and treks and had heard about a lagoon you could climb to and rapel down into so we went off exploring with a hotel map. It was easy enough to find and on our side of Railay too. It was a very steep climb, 45 min scrambling up slippery clay and tree roots but there was a great view...

Today we left Ko Phi Phi for Railay beach, close to Krabi, as recommended by a few friends. We managed to book a hotel before we left with a travel agent who was actually really helpful and booked us one night at Viewpoint resort for 600 baht. A tropical rainstorm later and we were on the boat. We arrived on the West side which has a beautiful beach and cool breeze but our hotel was a 5 min trot to the East side which is mangroves and mosquitos! Our ferry boat ...

Today is our one year anniversary! We decided to stay one more night so we could go snorkeling again and walk up to the observation point of the island. We had more yummy banana muffins for breakfast, well Tobes had an enormous cinnamon bun and then we went and grabbed some postcards like proper tourists. We'd bought our own snorkels but you can hire them here too, turns out both of ours leaks!! Because of the huge thunder storm last night the visibility was rea...

We booked a long boat trip for 450 baht which was for the whole day, from 10.30-18.30 (sunset here). They gave us snorkeling gear, lunch and water all included in the price too! Breakfast was at a delicious bakery called P.P.Garden and I had a warmed banana and nut muffin and Toby had coconut buns because they were so big! First stop on the trip was Monkey Beach aptly named as it is inhabited by furry monkeys who have twigged tourists come bringing food, su...

Arrived at Don Mueang airport at 7.30am, both feeling really tired and hungry. Our flight to Phuket isn't til 11.45 so we're just reading and waiting to finally see the South of Thailand! Landed at Phuket and were told you could get a taxi, air conditioned minibus or take the airport bus to Phuket town to catch the ferry across to Ko Phi Phi Don. Getting outside the airport we were confronted with so many taxi drivers quoting 500 baht to the ferry. We found a ...