Alison: Phuket is a huge island off the west coast of Thailand and, like Phi Phi, was effected by the tsunami. Any damage caused has now been repaired and the island is now very built up and touristy. Although the beach could be potentially beautiful, it is absolutely packed with sun loungers and hundreds of people are crowded on to it. Instead of the lovely secluded island feel, it just feels like you are in a sleazy Spanish resort! For this reason, Phuket is...

Nigel: Before we took the boat over to Phi Phi we stayed a night in a port town called Krabi. There isn't a great deal of things to do over there, but we thought we would stock up on the essentials as they would be a lot dearer when we got over to the island. Phi Phi was hit quite severely during the tsunami back in 2004, but there is little remembrance of the fact except for the newly built watch tower, evacuation centres and the memorial. After the disas...

Alison: For those of you following our blogs closely (hello Mum), you will notice that we have been to Ko Phangan before. Unfortunately, last time, we missed the phenomenonknown as the Full Moon Party. Since we have been travelling, many people have told us that this is a party that cannot be missed so wemade a special effort to go. We arrived a few days before the party and stayed in a bungalow on a really gorgeous secluded beach. The bungalow was very basic but...

Nigel: We arrived in Bangkok for our second visit of the trip. We decided to stay in another part of the city as we couldn't be doing with the hassle of the tuk tuk men and also it gave us a chance to see different sites. The first noticeable thing that we saw was the sign that Christmas was approaching. You didn't see the full extreme of decorations like back home but it was still impressive considering we were in the middle of SE Asia. We thought it wou...