So we left for Phi Phi Don and it was just as beautiful as we had heard. We had bright sunshine which was a bonus so the days were spent on the beach and evenings in the bars!!! We decided to do another snorkelling trip here to see the numerous islands surrounding Phi Phi and also to visit Maya Bay; the place where the beach was filmed. The snorkelling was beautiful and the water was so clear and this time we opted for a traditional long tail boat. We saw the isl...

Well we left cambodia for thailand and landed in Bangkok. We had one night near the airport before our flight to surat thani, and who was in the airport to suprise me... my big sister who had come out on a 2 week hol. Very exciting! We got a flight to Surat thani then a boat ride to Koh Samui with a very tired Lucy. Weather was really good. Koh Samui had a beautiful beach, very touristy though. Lots of lady boys hanging around. We had about 4 nights chilli...

We left ho chi minh city last thursday (28th) and set out for our next destination which was cambodia. after spending a whole day on the bus we finally reached siem reap in the early evening. a very friendly tuk tuk driver calling himself mr.bean took us into the heart of the town and found us a really good guesthouse. our room was penthouse covering the whole top floor of the building. we made a deal with the same driver to take us around the angkor temples the ...

So after travelling through vietnam at a hectic pace we are finally at our last destination before moving on to cambodia in the morning. We started off in hanoi after deciding to fly from luang prabang in laos. it was an easy decision, either a 50min flight or a 30hr bus trip. once deciding where we were we going to stay we catched a minibus from outside the terminal and headed into the city. after the crazy bus journey to our hotel (the vietnamese have no rule...

So we landed at bangkok after a brief stop at manila airport in the philippines and it was totally different to what either of us had expected. it was hectic, polluted, smelly and everywhere you went you got hassled by local tuk tuk/taxi drivers but it was cheap. after a few days though you started to get used to it all and didnt even think about things going on around you. the first couple of days we spent down the famous khao san road, eating local foods and dr...