We arrived at Koh Samui on Sunday morning after a very short ferry crossing from Koh Pahnang, this is the largest of the three islands we've visited so far and we were staying on the south west coast on a beach called Hat Chaweng, as we arrived is was soon apparent that this was a very touristy area with fancy resorts lined from one side of the beach to the other and it seemed a lot busier than Koh Pahnang, there was a good buzz about the place with lots of wat...

Hello all. After being on a high from our Padi licence in Koh Tao we were on the move again to Koh Phanagan and planned to do a half moon party. We were staying on the south coast in a resort called Weang Thai. They were rocking a pool bar so that had to be checked out first. It was pretty cool swimming to the bar to get a chang beer and looking out to the sea, that’s that box ticked. Met up with a couple of Irish lads that were over on a holiday and we al...

That’s Bangkok finished with now until the 20th October and we’ve really enjoyed our few days there. We where proper little tourists getting up early and cashing in on the free breakfasts before heading out into the heat to explore the busy streets. We had a day trip booked to cover some sights with our first stop taking us south to the floating markets in Ratburi, this was an experience hopping on to a long tail boat powered by a 4 cylinder turbo diesel e...

Hello all, we've finally made it to the island of Koh Tao which is quite far south of Bangkok, it took quite a bit of travelling to get here with an overnight bus to Chumphon followed by a 2hr ferry crossing to Koh Tao. As soon as we departed the boat it was very apparent that this was a very beautiful place with long sandy beaches covered with people filled bars, harbour filled with long tail boats and a few mountains finishing off the scenery nicely. The islan...

Well we’ve made it safely to the busy over populated city of Bangkok. Everything went surprisingly smooth getting here and John experienced his first jumbo 747. We arrived to our accommodation about 5.30pm Thai time, we’re 6hours ahead and managed the time difference over a few dozen Chang beers. We got setup an explored the city an walked through Khaosan Rd, took us 3 trips through it to get our heads around it. Everything you can think of was on offer ...