Hi Folks, we are stil here in KL. we poppped into the internet cafe to update a few things and saw all of our lovely messages which has cheered us up no end! Thanks to everyone, Haiz, Griff, Hev, Haidee, Rory, Sharon and Georgia and Sam particularly. It has been hell of a week, some good, some not so good, but also, we are tired and missing our families and friends a lot at this time of year - we feel very far from home I think. From stolen phones (Sarah's - i ...

hey everyone! We made it to Malaysia after a long bus journey from hell into the Cameron Highlands were we spent the last week in the cool mountain air. We took a tour around the tea plantations which were stunningly beautiful and had tea and scones bizzarly! But its all very colonial you see, the tea plantation is owned by a jock who arrived in Malaysia last century and the family still own and produce a rather lovely cuppa with real milk. yes real milk, not th...

Hi there Blogites in Internet land.....Sarah here.... we are kind of back on the mainland, landed but a bit dazed and confused. Fortunately, we have found a bed WITH springs and a HOT shower, so the reset button is slowly being pressed as we come back from island life, here in Hat Yai. We have been on Ko ****** for er.... a week or so and had a wondeful time. well, time is relative as they say, but really, it is only now that I realise I have missed Amy's 30th,...

So, we have just been chillin' since our lovely 5 island tour off the coast of Krabi and Ao Nang. The day was great unbelievable beaches just like in the postcards! The monkeys on the beach went through our bags when we were snorkling! We left the coast early and got on another longtail boat which was overcrowded and Hayley was nervous cos the boat started to leak. Dan and I noticed that the engine, which is up on the back of the boat was leaking fuel, but we did...

Ao Nang, Krabi - it really does look like this too. Massive limestone cliffs, Karsts (caves!) and really dramatic landscape cover this area, leaving you reeling and staring up all of the time. If you do that through, you miss the snakes. A word to the wise, don't ever get complacent about the size of creatures out here. Just as we started to find our feet, get our confidence up and not get freaked out by the animals, bugs and rustling noises, Hayley saw a snake...