We have finally arrived at our hotel, after 25 hours travelling by; car, boat, bus, train and aeroplane. I don't think many people do that and all for about £50 We have now travelled to the north of Thailand- Chaing Rai. The closest city to Loas which is where we will be going to travel next; also because our visas run out in the 28th- nearly a whole month already it has gone super fast! Now we are here it's a bit strange, we are staying about 5-10 mins out of t...

We are leaving koh Tao today- we will deffinatly miss it and the friends we have made, this is one of my favorite places as I have learnt and seen so much. Last night we had to stay in hostel for the night as out boat to the mainland wasn't until this afternoon- probally the worst place I have stayed in my life haha but for the price you can't expect much more. There we're 5 dorms each with 8 beds I however only 1 of the 4 showers was working, and the one that wa...

We have now completed our PADI open water course and are both qualified d ivers; meaning we can dive anywhere in the worlvd on out own upto a depth of 18m. We have decided to do our advanced course in June/July which will then allow us to go to 30m which will benefit us a lot in Australia! It's so amazing how much you see when your down there; we we're staying down 30-40mins at a time but it went so quickly. So far we have an underwater diving time of nearly 3 ho...

We have landed here at last! On the way over we got talking to a woman who talked to us about diving and courses you can do. Me and Jordan have both decided to do our PADI open water course in diving allowing you to dive for upto 18m and shows you shows you are qualified to do so- recognised all over the world. Here is the cheapest place in the world to do it so it was an opportunity we couldn't say no too. It cost us around £180 which also includes accommodatio...

Today we are heading to our last island stop before the mainland Koh Toa; famous for it's snorkelling and diving and beautiful beaches. We get in a Songtao to the main pier from koh pangang and land in Koh Tao about an hour and a half later. We have nowhere to stay so we are just going to look at places when we get there; deffinatly more backpacking style than the hotel in koh samui! We're both looking forward to the next part of our trip :-)