Yesterday we did the usual morning swim, had noodles from a street stall and headed to the beach. It was scarily wild!!! The waves were massive and making so much noise compared to last time we went to the beach. I was actually really scared as the tide had come in and there wasn't much beach left to walk down. Plus all I could think of was 'tsunami'. I know, I know, it didn't even hit this island and you'd need an earthquake first, but all the guidebooks seem to...

Today there were a few disasters: 1. We got burnt 2. It's sore 3. We went to the shop for aftersun and saw some Vaseline 'cooling skin'. Vaseline is my moisturiser of choice so I was keen. It had nothing else in English on it. When we started using it we realised it was shampoo. Bad times 4. I had a beef skewer before. After 2 bites I knew something was wrong. I got Ben to taste and he realised it was liver. Liver on a stick. A little bit of sick is in my mou...

2 minibuses, 1 coach, 1 truck, 2 ferries and 24 long hours later, the real meaning of travelling was revealed to us. I've probably managed around 2-3 hours sleep in total. Everything was uncomfortable and for 11 hours on a coach there was a cockroach sat next to me. I guess I could moan and detail the goings on for the journey, explain how Thailand has no sense of time/'Thaim' get it? I could tell you the number of stickers I have on me, for throughout the journ...