Returning to the cottage after breakfast to pack up and move into the 'Romantic Tree house' as we'd decided to stay another night as our cottage was pre-booked, a huge brown rat was sitting on our balcony! Tobes chased it and it ran all the way up the walls and into the cottage and then into the bathroom and outside again. Looking outside to see where it had gone, it returned back in the cottage! We shooed it off again and continued packing, I grabbed my bag fr...

Waking up desperately needing the loo but being too scared to go into the bathroom on my own I waited for Tobes to wake up too! Right outside our bedroom window was a huge wild banana tree and a stunning green hummingbird was visiting its flower. After a bit of breakfast- eggs, bacon and toast!! We found out the National Park entrance was only a 15 min walk away, we were convinced we could navigate the park on our own without shelling out for a guide. So we ...

Woke up early to catch the 9.30am boat and bus to travel to Khao Sok National Park. Breakfast was at a surprising little bamboo shack on stilts over the mangroves called Bondi Beach Café and we were served by an Aussie girl teaching English to hotel staff. Toby got to have vegemite on toast and I had a delicious watermelon, apple and mint shake. More long tail boats, a wonderful way to get around, and 2 bus rides later and we arrived at Khao Sok. We foun...

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 ...