Jakarta Thanks to Air Asia, after a three hr flight we were in Jakarta. Getting off the plane was easy, but getting into the country was a different story. We didn’t have any currency to pay for our visa as we assumed there would be ATM's like in all airports, the airport was small an empty for a big city and ATM's were all miles after border control, so we stuck in Limbo. After being passed around like a hot potato for half hour Al was escorted by border co...

Phuket Ladyboys, ladyboys and ladyboys! Phuket was full of them, go-go bars, ping-pong shows and old western men walking around with young Thai girls Disgusting!! Phuket was the largest of the Thai islands and the craziest yet. On our first day we chilled on Patong beach which was huge. In the evening we had a nice meal in one of the beach side restaurants. Next evening was a different story. We decided to hit the strip and explore the nightlife. The street w...

Phi Phi We were most excited about Phi Phi as we were expecting it to be the closest thing to paradise yet, just like in the movie “The Beach”. Phi Phi was the smallest island yet, no cars or bikes, just small winding lanes. Although it was a bit ruined by heavy tourism of many years it was still picture perfect, white sand and clear blue sea. Our accommodation was a tree hut up a small hill with views over looking the island. Walking around, the island se...

Krabi Next stop Krabi. It was a little quitter here and not much to do. The beach was big but all along the beach front it was quite empty, many building had not been rebuilt after the tsunami and there were warning signs dotted all round the sea front. A scary reminder! All the attractions seemed to be really far from each other so a bike was a must. The drive about was really picturesque with lots of rock faces and mountains surrounded by rain forest. On ou...

Koh Samui A short hour ferry journey we touched down in Koh Samui, a lot bigger and busier than Koh Tao. Everything was buzzing here. We jumped on the bike again and did all the sights including Big Buddha, Mummified monk who had been dead for 30 years but still managed to keep up with the fashion with his Ray Ban sunglasses on hahaaa! Oh and we saw the two famous rocks shaped like a male and females genitalia oops! We drove for almost 2 hours trying to find a w...