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...