Nigel: We booked tickets on the island, which encompassed both the ferry over and a"VIP" bus. It was an early start as the ferry was leaving 7am and we were getting picked up at 6am, so again no lie in for us. The boat was completely different to the one that had brought us to the island and on reflection this was an indication of what we were to expect. The boat was a long, narrow, rickety old thing, that if we came up against some heavy winds we would probably ...

Nigel: We wanted to go to Koh Phangnan so that we had been to all 3 main islands on the East coast of Thailand. We tried to get to the island earlier but booking accommodation was a problem due to the famous full moon party that takes place there every month. We arrived again by boat but on this occasion, the hotel that we booked with wasn't there to pick us up. After we managed to get the phone to work and had stopped being hassled by some crazy women trying...

Nigel: We had heard that Ko Tao was the nicest of the 3 islands on the East coast, so we decided to spend a little time there. It is well renowned for its diving in the seas around the coast, but with the little incident on the last island there would be no diving going on here. You have to get the ferry from the jetty in Koh Samui and it takes about 1 1/2 hours to get there. The journey started off fairly smoothly and the sea was reasonably calm. About 20 minute...

Nigel: To get to Koh Samui you have to fly to Surat Thani and then get a ferry over to the island from Don Sak. The flight was about 40mins, followed by a bus drive of about 1 1/2hrs, and then a ferry of about 1hr so all in all from Bangkok to Koh Samui we were there for about 4pm. We had already booked our first nights accommodation at a resort just on the other side of the island, so we were in no rush to find some where before dark. Unfortunately when we arriv...

Alison: The flight in to Bangkok was a rough one. Lots of turbulence so very relieved to touch down. My friend Fay met us at the airport. Many of you will know her but for those who don't, Fay is a very good friend of mine from both school and university :-) She had made the brave decision to fly out to Thailand on her own to meet us for a couple of weeks. We stayed in a hotel near to the airport for the first night as we arrived late. Nigel and I had a reaso...