Today was Sophie's last day in Thailand. The last 10 days traveling with her have gone by so fast. I spent the day in the shade rehydrating and recovering from second degree burns while Sophie went shopping and soaked up the last bit of beach. In the afternoon I skyped home and chatted to mum and the kids and told them of my plans for the next few weeks of traveling solo. I lazed about a bit and spent a few hours with Sophie helping her pack. Ross was around sunb...

This morning was a bad morning. I was woken up to the sound of my alarm as a harsh reminder that we were leaving Koh Tao today. I had to get up and pack my belongings, call a taxi boat to come and pick is up and take us to the rickerty old pier where we would be met by a boat to take us to Koh Samui. We sat in moonlight (by now our favourite reggae bar as we had been there every day) and had our morning fruit shake before we queued up and sadly departed this beau...