We arrived in Koh Samui, I'm pretty sure it's the largest and most developed island and you could tell the difference straight away. On our way to the hotel I saw one of the best things I've seen yet - a monkey in a motorbike side car!! Hilarious.Our hotel is lovely, 5 mins from the main strip & beach and it has an infinity pool on the roof (the green pond like water kind of spoils the awesomeness though).Most of us did a little tour of the island, we had a d...

Last nights train was longer than long, I think I probably only slept for a couple of hours. So a very grumpy group made their way off the train to a very rushed breakfast and then had an hour drive to the ferry. I managed to kick a small child off a large seat and get some sleep for a couple of hours on the ferry, then we had a 45 min transfer to the beach we'd be staying at for the next 2 days. It was worth the 19 hours of travel, this is my favourite beach ...

Back in Bangkok and feeling much better, we go for our last group breakfast before going out separate ways. Most of the group are checked in at Centra hotel before their flights tonight so I manage to get sneak in there till I can check in to my hotel a bit later. After getting the last bit of Bangkok sun some of us head for lunch and shopping, not that I need anything and I think Leanne will kill me if I give her anything else to take home for me. Lunch at the H...

Back in Ao Nang, Krabi by 9.30 so more beach time than we thought. It was our last night as a group, technically Sunday is our last night but we'll be spending it on the overnight train so tonight will be the final dinner. A couple didn't come, they weren't missed. Anek took us to a lovely restaurant on the mountain overlooking the ocean and we were able to see the sunset, the best one I've seen yet (and I've seen a few). The food was just as good, the most e...

Railay was really pretty surrounded by mountains, there are no cars on the island and the only way on is by boat. We had to climb from our boat onto a tractor/trailer that took us to shore. The rooms were nice here, like little cabins, sea view, pool. First job is always turning the aircon on, it sounded like something was churning in the unit....then it spat a massive cockroach through the vent which landed on my bed! I might have let out a little scream, I...