Koh Tao and meeting Nemo, Sharky and George. So Jen and I left each other at the ferry port on Koh Phagnan - she was heading off the Chumpon and finally Bangkok and I was off to Koh Tao. Annoying we were told we couldn't be on the same boat but both our separate boats docked at Koh Tao at the same time so we could have been! It was very sad to say goodbye after travelling together for so long (well..a month isn't exactly that long a time but in this world it fe...

Arriving on Paradise Island. So after saying goodbye to everyone Jen and I went to the travel agents where we had booked our bus tickets to Koh Phangan. We got there expecting our 'pick up' to be a taxi, or a truck, but what we got was a young man who proceeded to walk away. So we followed. And followed. Me with my back pack which is literally twice the size of me (no mean feat I know!). I'm not sure how far we walked but at one point I had consigned myself the f...

Reasons to Love Laos. It is very different to what I expected it to be like, although to be honest I had no idea what to expect. It seems that everyone who goes to Laos loves it and isnt really sure why. I feel exactly the same. Laos is a really beautiful country (and God knows we saw a lot of scenery on all those bus trips). It is very montanous and completely different to Thailand or Cambodia. The Laos people are lovely - very friendly and smiley and just gene...

Our last few days with the group in Thailand. We arrived back in Thailand and had a few hours in the bus til we got to Chaing Mai (North Thailand) where Jen and I were due to be leaving the tour and doing our own thing. This was the plan til about an hour before we were going to the train station to change our train tickets when we decided to sod it, go back to Bangkok with everyone and then head south to the islands for a couple of weeks. On the way to Chaing ...

Reasons I Love Kit. I would like to take a minute (just sit right there...) to tell you a little bit about out FANTASTIC tour leader in Laos. His name was Kit and he was an absolute legend. Its quite difficult to explain why we loved Kit so much, Im not entirely sure it was his profesionalism, or his reassuring local knowledge (a couple of the girls got a horrible taxi driver one night who locked them in the car..Kit's responce was a general shrug and 'it happ...