Following our instructions we meet a Chinese man who runs a "Kodak" shop and get a taxi to Kuala Besut. The taxi driver was obviously a fan of touring car racing (and Luc Bessons film Taxi) and liked to practice his high speed bumper to bumper driving skills. We arrive at the port safe but slightly disturbed. After that ride a taxi boat to the Perhentian islands sounded pleasant. This taxi boat has some serious acceleration and it's a struggle to s...

With soreheads we emerge from our rooms and head for the 3 quid all you can eat buffet breakfast. The day is a bit of a write off and we spend most of it crashed on the beach watching Kick-it continue to confuse and amuse. We probably deserved the rest and end up shirking another night out and go to bed early. Wednesday comes and it's my birthday. We have a day of snorkeling planned around the island. The visibility in the shallower water is excellent and...

We meet our dive school rep on the cataraman and get a ride in the back of their pick-up. Once we get to their offices we're taken to a room they have for us, because our bungalow is occupied by a fella who's slept in with a hangover. Helena goes to the beach and I head off exploring the town. The town of Sairee is very small and sits on a nice thin strip of beach about 2km long. I walk over a tiny headland to Mae Haad and do a spot of shopping. On the way...

We arrive at our guest house in Bangkok, tired from a seriously crap sleeper bus aka dilapidated small mini bus. Checking in we find out quickly that this guesthouse is a little quirky. We are given lots of vouchures for various things and a gold membership card for 3 years. Anything that you may want that is not on a voucher you have to pay for. At least the membership card gives us food half price which seemed to us was a fair price and not a bargain. So after ...

We only spend one night in Phnom Penh. We take a walk around the city at dusk the day we arrive. We find a market selling amongst other things fried spiders. I eat a roasted quail, well apart from the neck and head (what do I do with that?) during which a cricket jumps down Helenas top. Later we meet Jamie and Katy again (who we met on our way to Sapa) and catch up each others travelling tales. They're going to stay in Phnom Penh a while longer and check out the ...