Day 51 Thursday 29th October 2009 Stacey says We had our transfer to Koh Phangan, when we arrived to the pier, a lady came over to us and talked us into heading to the resort she was advertising, Haad Yao Bay View Resort, so we decided to go with her and made our way up to the northwest of the Island. When we arrived and got shown around, the resort looked amazing. The beach is a perfect spot, very quiet and secluded. Very romantic for Joe and Steve. So much so...

Day 46 Saturday 24th October 2009 Johno says Arrived at Da Papa's guesthouse in Chaweng Beach on Ko Samui and spent the whole day by the pool which nicely overlooks the beach so you can jump in the sea at any point without getting sand everywhere. Joe from Bexley (who we met in Bangkok) strolled through our hotel after a 27 hour journey from Cambodia in the morning so it was good to catch up with him. Unbelievable - of all the hotels, resorts in Samui he was cu...

Day 46 Saturday 24th October 2009 Johno says Arrived at Da Papa's guesthouse in Chaweng Beach on Ko Samui and spent the whole day by the pool which nicely overlooks the beach so you can jump in the sea at any point without getting sand everywhere. Joe from Bexley (who we met in Bangkok) strolled through our hotel after a 27 hour journey from Cambodia in the morning so it was good to catch up with him. Unbelievable - of all the hotels, resorts in Samui he was cu...

Day 46 Saturday 24th October 2009 Johno says Arrived at Da Papa's guesthouse in Chaweng Beach on Ko Samui and spent the whole day by the pool which nicely overlooks the beach so you can jump in the sea at any point without getting sand everywhere. Joe from Bexley (who we met in Bangkok) strolled through our hotel after a 27 hour journey from Cambodia in the morning so it was good to catch up with him. Unbelievable - of all the hotels, resorts in Samui he was cu...

Day 43 Wednesday 21st October 2009 Johno says Early rise to catch our bus to Vang Vieng further down into Laos. There were 7 of us in total to be picked up, the first couple no probs, then there was a second couple to be picked up with only the man waiting with his partner in a nearby café getting breakfast. To be fair to the tuk tuk driver, he was very patient and after about 20 minutes decided to go to pick up the 7th person in a nearby hotel and come back f...