17th January We flew Bangkok Airways on a twin propeller plane-a little scary and not as resistant to turbulence as larger planes. I took advantage of the fact they offer red wine with the meal and then come round and ask if you would like a top up!! You don't get that very often nowadays on a short haul flight. The food was rather nice too, although I'm having trouble looking at any of it fondly now as as soon as we started heading out for dinner when in Bangko...

We are loving doing nothing other than getting up from our big comfy clean bed, having coffee on the veranda, venturing to the restaurant for a hearty breakfast and then flopping by the stunning pool, hidden up in the hills above Kata. It's a killer calf burning walk up the driveway! At the bottom of the driveway about a ten minute walk away are lots of cheap eateries and a fruit market where today we bought custard apple, oranges, passion fruits, mango and rambu...