Ho ho ho! We're in Singapore. It's hammering it down most of the time. Not too sure what we should do here and it's really expensive. As you've probably gathered we haven't enjoyed this city that much. Still, there's an interesting mix of cultures here, you can get food from every corner of the world (well, asia anyway). Also lots and lots of shopping malls to remind us it's almost christmas. Off to Brisbane this evening. We'll ...

Hello All, Sorry it's been a while, think last time we were just going off to Ko Lipe and hadn't yet written anything about the diving adventure. Suppose you're all busy buying christmas presents and enjoying a few pre-festivities festivities at the moment? Not much christmas spirit here, not even after watching The Polar Express in the breeeze of a fan. After Ranong we headed to Khao Lak as that is the closest place on the mainland to the Similia...

Hi On our way to Ko Lipe for a week on the beach. Spent all morning doing the photos. Have to run to catch the boat! Take care love Betty and Paul.

Tje tje, I Ranong, ja. Det har ar en envagsstad kan man saga. Och den vagen har vi nu knatat upp o ner for alldeles for manga ganger. Det ar i o for sig ett ganska trevligt stalle, mycket lugnt o inte manga turister men nu kanns det som att vi varit har tillrackligt lange. I morrn tar vi bussen till Khao Lak langre ner pa vastra kusten o darifran ska vi aka pa en dyktur. 3 dagar, 9 dyk (?). Vi ska till Similian oarna som tydligen ar bland dom 10 basta stallena ...

Sawadee Kap! (hey, it’s the though that counts, not the spelling, pronounciation..) We are in Ranong in a dirt cheap hotel (2 pounds 42 pence to be precise), having caved in and had to go and give $20 to the Burmese military junta. Terrible, but we had to renew our VISA and here it's a 30min boat trip to the border. Took the night train down from Chiang Mai to Bangkok. We were expecting the Orient express which it really wasn’t (although someo...