spent 3nts here - again was very relaxing! Went on a day trip snorkelling around the island. The sea was very choppy to begin with which made me feel a bit ill, but calmed down not long after...which was a relief! After the snorkelling we got taken to Nangyuan Island where the beach was amazing! It was Laurens 21st birthday today, so in the evening we all headed for a meal and then went clubbing after - can't say i felt too good the next day! Back in Bang...

had 2nts in Koh Samui - staying on Bophut beach - not much to tell you about what I did here apart from lay on Chaweng Beach which was much nicer than where we stayed. In the evening we all headed to the main area and had dinner then we were all going to see a ladyboy show, but i wasn't feeling too good so went back to our hotel - a few of the others went and apparently it was really good - bit gutted i missed it.

after a 12hour train journey in which the disco cart was heaving (!) and 2 hour bus ride- (which was standing room only for about an hour!) we finally arrived in Khao Sak National Park. The day we arrived we went tubing down the river which was a good laugh and also vistited the National Park - it was just like trekking all over again! We stayed in a family guest house which was really nice, apart from their little girls...one night we were all having dinner th...

after getting back from the trek we had 1nt back in Chiang Mai...it was so good to stay in a proper bed and have a decent shower! The morning before we left a few of us had a massage, i opted for a 40min foot massage which was good and then a 20min thai massage ...which was a bit painful at the time, but felt good after! We had to leave Chiang Mai to head back to Bangkok in the afternoon...the trains had started running that morning after the landslide...so basic...

Here's where the real part of the trip started!! We had 2nts staying in hilltribe villages...the first day we walked for about 4.5 hours through the hills...was really hard in the heat, and very slippery..I managed it though!! We saw loads of waterfalls where we could swim (did end up slipping on a rock in one though and thought i was gonna carry on with the current...luckily i'm still here to tell the tale!!). We stayed in two different villages sleeping in b...