(21 November) I got up at half 6 to shower and be sure that I was ready for the pickup to the pier...and proceeded to wait until 8.15 before the van came. It wasn't too bad as i got lots of new music downloaded, but still wasn't very impressed...about an hour into the van journey it looked like we definitely weren't going to be dropped at the pier and I realised that we must be DRIVING to Ko Lanta...which is an island. Pretty raging at the woman in the hostel, s...

(20 November) I woke up today still feeling dodgy which was just rubbish! I couldn't decide what to do, I half wanted to try going down to Kata beach but really wasn't up to it! I checked out anyway but left my bag and went for a walk to get breakfast, suss out my options and have a look at the beach. The beach was so crowded, and far too hot, so didn't bother staying. Taxis to Kata were 400BHT though, and I really just wanted to curl up in a ball all day, so I ...

(18 November) Today was not a great day. Woke up to a bit of a crime scene beside my bed as it looked like I had just got in and pushed everything off my bed onto the floor, and my sunglasses were a casualty! Gutted! Then at about 10 Kristin and I woke up almost at exactly the same time with awful stomach cramps - it was so painful! We must have got food poisoning from dinner the night before, which is really weird because it was one of the nicest places I've e...

(17 November) Today was Oli's birthday! He came and woke is earlyish and the 3 of us and Sophie went to Long Beach which was about an hour walk on the other side of the island! We saw Silvio and Hollie on the way, they were still drunk from the night before haha, and they said they would come and meet us, but were leaving to go to Ko Lanta in the afternoon. We wandered down to the pier, stopping at some bakeries for breakfast (yum!) and renting a snorkel on th...

(16 November) Today I got up and was ready to get out of there - I was going to look for a cheapish place to stay somewhere else and if I didn't find one I was all set to leave, I was so grumpy from the lack of sleep and pain in my legs! Kristin got up just before I was leaving and came with me to look for somewhere, we ended up at a guesthouse a good bit up the road and shared a private room - it was basic but felt like proper luxury after the rock! Beat decisi...