Wow first of all I cant go on any further without talking about the heat and humidity of this place, my good lord I have never felt anything like it, and if I have then its been at a place where there is either the pool or the sea right next to me, not a busy city. We had read up a lot about Georgetown before we came and the heat was one thing that was mentioned on almost every travel blog, website or book. We have spent the whole morning chasing the shade...

Just a quick update on our unexpected stop over in Langkawi and so we get it on the map :) So our boat from Lipe arrived in Langkawi at 2:30 and we just presumed there would be an afternoon boat to Penang which is where we are off to next, when we got to the ticket office the lady told us the boat was at 2:40 so we wouldnt be able to get on it, she failed to tell us as we discoverd the next day that there was an evening boat at 5pm, but never mind. So onc...

The beautiful Koh Lipe, what a total dream come true, we finally found that paradise island we had been longing for. The island is teeny weeny and you can walk around it in less than an hour. There are 3 main beaches, the biggest being the main and busiest one but is were a lot of boats anchor up and is used as a port so there are people coming and going all day long, although there is no port or jetty anywhere on this island, they have a floating jetty that ...

Aaaaand relax :) we finally put down our bags for 5 whole days woohooo! Since arriving in Thailand on the 10th we had pretty much been on the move every day, so when we found a place to stand still we were relieved to say the least. On the boat ride over to Koh Lanta from Phi Phi you are straight away joined by a very friendly sales man trying to convince you why it would be an oh so fantastic and a totally unmissable chance to stay at the amazing and wond...

Well what to say about Phi Phi, I can imagine years ago before the buckets of alcohol and thousands of young alcohol fulled backpackers invaded, this would have been a perfectly idilic paradise island and it is sad to think how much it has been taken over but i suppose where there is the want and need for money then anywhere is going to accept it, even if that means turning such a stunning place into a tightly packed party island. There are a few very high...