18-26 December 06 Ko Phan Ngan   From Ko Tao we got the sea catamaran over to Ko Phan Ngan. On the catamaran we had two choices; one was to sit inside where it was all enclosed, or the other to sit upstairs where the boat was open top with seats, so we sat upstairs. We did not realize what we had done until the boat got going. The boat was going full steam ahead, about 40 miles per hour and the sea was very rough and choppy. We were perched for 45 minut...

22-25 November 06  Hello everyone, Mui Ne was the first proper beach resort that we visited. We only spent three days here as there was not much to do. On one of these days I decided to go out by myself to do a bit of shopping and get my hair trimmed. During these three hours I was mugged on three occassions and scalped. Never again will I be adventurous and get my hair cut in a foriegn country. As for the muggings, on the third occassion I was well p*...

9-18 December 06 Ko Tao    After Siem Riep we stated our two day journey to reach Ko Tao, first we took a fourteen hour bus ride to Bangkok where we stayed overnight, then the next morning caught the train which was nine hours to Chumpon, before catching the overnight cargo boat, which got us into Ko Tao at five thirty in the morning. (Michael Palin my ass!!) Ko Tao is a little island paradise about 50 miles off the coast of Thailand and ...

4-7 December 06 Hello everyoneafter Phonm Penh we took a nice and short 6 hour bus ride up to Siem Reap. The main attraction in siem reap is Angkor Wat. Angor Wat is cambodia's only real tourist attraction, and what Cambodia lack's in numbers of tourist site's it makes up for in quality, this place can only be described as amazing. The ancient city of angkor was built between the 9th and 12th centuries by the khmer people, the city is made up of over ...

1-4 December 06 After leaving Saigon we travelled in style on the Mekong express limo service to Phnom Penh the capital of Cambodia. Before arriving in Phnom Penh we had heard a few stories about the place. Apparently some of the locals tend to shoot each other over the karieoke mike and other very seriouse matters like that. Most of the hotel's and guest house's advise not to go out at night, and if so to stay in the main tourist area. With this informat...