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 ...