Sigs View on Thailand: Hello all - well 3 weeks into our 8 month adventure and so far so good! Its really been such a fantastic time already, maybe that'll change once we exit holiday mode and have to start killing for our food. We seen so much so far but i though i'd concentrate on some of the more important things: Transport, beer, and the ladyboys! Firstly Transport: this aside from two dogs getting stuck together after having doggie sex ...

11th May 2005 MINI GOLD CHALLENGE: I'm sure you're all dying to know the outcome of the Mini Golf Challenge. Well, It was close....very close..... I think I even saw fear in Sig's eyes(or maybe that was the Chang taking effect). I was defeated!!!! Vic 50 - Sig 49!!!! Can you believe it? I demand a rematch. Well, We have now arrived on Phi Phi Don. Took the boat from Phuket this morning, at the crazy time of 7am!!!! I am loving the boats! the...

9th - 10th May 2005 Hi all, Made it safely to Phuket. After a long (ish) journey from Koh Tao. We took 2 boats and a small coach and finally arrived in Phuket at about 9pm. We didn't really want to leave Koh Tao as we'd had such a great time there. The diving course was amazing. Our instructor Den was fantatstic and we also had a guy called Clement (nice young man, if you know what I mean) who was training to be a Dive Master. It was only me and Sig an...

Hello!! We've found the beach!! and what a beach it is. We're staying on a bay, south of the island, in a bungalow on the beach! But it was a bit of a experiance geting here: Our V.I.P overnight bus decided it was going to drop us off at 1am and not 7am - leaving us the choice then of sleeping on a tiled tourist information office floor or sitting in a cafe all night. We choose the second option and watched the 2nd lord of the rings films in Thai - a sa...

27th APRIL 2005 - CHIANG MAI CONTINUED Woke up late and a little hung over to say the least! Had to quickly get ready for our elephant trip. We drove out to the hills to be greeted by about 30 elephants, all washing in the river. Our ride for the day was an elephant called Keown. He seemed a lot quicker than the other elephants but kept stopping for snacks, not unlike us this adventure so far. Sig even got the chance to ride on Keowns head. I'd like to...