After Koh Tao we headed down to the biggest of the three islands here - Koh Samui. MMMMMM smells nice......! Other than a base for a few good nights out on the Chang beer, Samui is in itself not going to take up much of my journal - it reminded me of my Kavos holiday many moons ago! The beaches are, as they are now expected to be, very beautiful - its just that they are absolutley rammed with sunbathing tourists, watersports enthusiasts and thai men selling light...

It has been a while since my last entry, so I have challenged myself to write at least 2 new blogs today - i have 30 minutes, and a lot of eager eyes on my back waiting for my valuble computer to become vacant! Koh Pha Ngan and Koh Tao have been 2 islands of great contrast. The main point of our time on Koh Pha Ngan was to attend the notorious full moon party in Hat Rin; Koh Tao was our smaller, quieter, recovery island that was to follow! However, to say Koh Pha...

Now that we are far down south on Thailands beaches, it seems a long time ago that I was still in Chiang Mai - however, we did spend a very memorable week there, avoiding cockroach gatherings on street corners and throwing ourselves into the active pursuit of spreading top quality English phrases to the Thai people (more on that later!)Chiang Mai furtherd the theme of the tour for me so far - challenging myself to do things I wouldnt normally do. For this I have ...

My education has taught me many things. One of these was that a cockroach was one of the strongest things on the planet - in terms of the fact it could probably survive a nuclear blast. However - little did the cockroach no it had, until now, failed to factor in one thing in its plans for world domination: me and my trusty size ten sandals! Ok - so far my kill tally stands at 2 - but since our move to the north of Thailand I can only expect this to increase at a ...

We have escaped the hustle of the big city in bangkok and we are now in the somewhat smaller town of Kanchangaburi which is to the west of the capital. We had our last nite in Bangkok on thursday, we went to a restaurant called "cabbages and condoms" - which is a restaurant run to raise money and promote awareness of sexually transmitted diseases in Thailand. The restaurant was a sea of fairy lights in tall trees, with odd sculptures made out of a variety of cond...