Blog Day 105 Fri 19th August 2011 Today we are moving on to Hat Yai. This is our last stop before we head into Malaysia. We jump on the VIP section of our coach and get settled down for the 7 hour ride ahead. We are probably about 15 minutes into the trip when the driver decides to put on his favorite mix tape. All the songs are in Thai and sound the same. He must really like this album as it's not just background music, we feel like we are in the front row of a...

Blog Day 99 Sat 13th August 2011 Today we are headed to Phuket. We have decided to stay on Kata beach as we've heard that it's one of the slightly quieter areas. Having just been in the thick of market stalls and tour offices, on Phi Phi, somewhere a little more relaxed sounded good to us. The boat ride itself took about 2 hours and was ridiculously cold, the air conditioning put the artic to shame. We put up with it for a while but when Trish started to turn bl...

Blog Day 98 Fri 12th August 2011 So today we are going on a boat trip, it's a half day snorkeling & sunset trip to Maya Bay (Phi Phi Leh) which is where the film 'The Beach' with Leonardo Di Caprio was filmed. Phi Phi Leh is an uninhabited island, they kept it this way mainly because they realized that it was fast becoming a tourist destination & really it's a form of income that helps support the locals. The area was almost wiped out in the boxing-day...

Blog Day 96 Wed 10th August 2011 We are staying on Ton Sala which is pretty much where all the action is, plenty of bars & places to eat & an easy stroll to the beach. We hit up some Nachos at a little side restaurant & then stroll around Ton Sala for a while. In the late evening we decide to go for a beer which turns into about 4 or 5 before we head to a curry place that we had seen earlier today. We sit down and upon reading the menu we discover ...

Blog day 92 Sat 6th August 2011 So today we had off to Railay Beach. We pack our things and jump in a motor bike taxi to the pier. The taxi is relatively cheap and is quite a novel design. Think of a motor bike and side car, with the side car having somewhat of a loft conversion on it. We get the taxi to drop us at the 7eleven on the way to the pier, to stock up on food just in case the food is crap or way over priced in Railay. We pass a few market stalls and...