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...

Yesterday on our trip, the first stop was to a waterfall that wasn't anything really special! Next was Hellfire Pass and the Memorial Museum. Wow. It was so sad yet so obvious of what hard work it must have been. Along the rocks lining both sides were clear marks of where drills had hammered through rocks and the splits and holes in the rock from dynamite used. It was really shocking. After a quick lunch we went elephant trekking. The elephant had a seat on it's...

Last night I made the stupid mistake of googling for any injuries that had happened via the animals at tiger temple. To say I was nervous when I woke up this morning was a slight understatement! Signing a disclaimer after paying yet before entering the park didn't ease matters either! We had a wonderful day though. The tigers are set up in a canyon with a backdrop of a waterfall. You are taken to meet 4 or 5 tigers by a member of staff who holds onto you and gui...