We were being fetched at 9.30am for fruit carving, so went in search of breakfast early. We found a French cafe 200m down the road and ordered baguettes. I still wasn't feeling right, but not horrendous either - we ate our breakfast (and I drank my coffee) in the reception area of the guest house and were collected 10 minutes early.He didn't come in a vehicle, but rather on foot and weaved us through back streets until we popped up on a main road and walked into ...

Edd had played doctor the night before and given me Imodium and paracetamol. I'd woken up in the middle of the night for a top-up, and at 5am was ready for another round. I got up again at 6.30am and was greeted by a friendly feline. I let her in on my way back to our room, she jumped onto the bed with us and purred loudly while we stroked her; she sounded like a lawn mower.We decided that I wasn't just hot and dehydrated, I'd probably picked up a 24 ...

4am - screaming 2 year old. 5am - screaming 2 year old. 6am - screaming 2 year old. 7am - screaming 2 year old. Yip, it's official, we're not having babies. Breakfast was pre-dished and cold. Nothing like a cold, rubber egg on a Friday morning to put a spring in your step. I opted for cocoa-pops and coffee, leaving my ice cold breakfast to the elements.We were fetched at 9am and taken to shore. We climbed inside what looked like a sheep-transportation device and ...

Pancakes for breakfast, now this I could get used to. Edd and I were both annoyed with the 2 year old that was on the boat with us. She only seemed to communicate in scream and we were both pretty certain at this point that it wasn't normal. We needed to do some washing as we weren't going to have much time in Chiang Mai the first few days and by the time we were going to get around to it, our situation would be dire. Edd communicated to one of the staff, in inte...

We awoke to cool morning air, well rested and ready for the day. We left at 9.30am for what Tom called 'The coconut island.' The long tail boats took us on a 20-minute ride to one of the islands and we hiked to the top - the cool morning air now a distant memory. He showed us around a local village with chickens, dogs, ducks and children running around freely. He explained that approximately 200 people lived on the island, most of them Burmese, and had jobs colle...