Holey Moley!!! Our air conditioning here is soooo loud! It literally sounds like a plane prepping for take off. - Even with ear plugs you can still hear it clearly and if you turn if off you can then hear a whirring fridge like noise. So, needless to say it wasn't the best night of sleep. - That said, it became very apparent when Rob woke up that he hardly slept either. I say very apparent because when I grinned and waved to him he humphed and pulled the co...

Having gone to the tourist office to arrange travel to Kou Tau for Christmas and our SCUBA diving course on the 26th Dec, we were dismayed to hear that it would take a bus, boat, long waits and a taxi! - Approx 14 hours all in all. If we then wanted to head to Malaysia, rather then return to Bangkok, it would take another 24 hours :( So, after a quick discussion and a little breakfast (one thinks more clearly with sustenance right?!) we decided to cancel our Sc...