Christmas 2012, definitely one to remember! As the day comes to an end we sit here before a camp fire on the beach lined with candles; listening to the sea and the occasional 'bang', 'crackle', 'fizz' from the fireworks going off around the island. We started the day with a hearty full English down in the town, cooked by an ageing, tanned English hippy with bright blue eyes and a grey ponytail. He greets us with a 'Merry Christmas' and although it didn't feel ...

So we kinda went exploring today, sort of! We managed to be up and get out for 11am, which is kind of a record for us. Our days travelling seem to roll into one as we have the luxury of not needing to clock watch, time just ticks away without much importance, apart from when we are due to catch a bus, train, ferry etc. So we ate breakfast around 11am and although I had awoken at 7am to a heavy down pour of rain, it seemed to be quite a clear day, seemed being th...

As I sit here typing my first entry for my blog my mind wanders, looking back at all the cool experiences we have had so far. Where an earth has the time gone?! We have been away from home for 15 weeks now an I still haven't started a blog so her it goes. I'm not going to back date as the blog would be far to long! Currently we are on Koh Pha-ngan island, when we arrived yesterday after a 12 hr sleeper train from Bangkok, and a further 3 hr ferry and bus journey...