After Helen left we took a snorkelling trip to the Similan Islands. The journey was by speedboat & it was a very bumpy ride! It felt like you were hitting rocks as you crashed down on the waves. Definately think I am getting over my travel sickness now tho! We stopped off at various islands to go snorkelling, there are 9 islands in total. The reefs were amazing. Loads of coral & brightly coloured fish. Even when we were on the beach at our camp site...

We had a choice of 3 beaches in Phuket - Patong (very busy, very lively), Kata (more chilled out but for a younger crowd) & Karon (quiet & chilled out). We chose Karon, again we struggled to find place to stay & after over an hour of looking we found a place that was 16 pounds a night for a room with a double bed. It was a really nice room & we were so tired of looking & couldn't find anything else anyway so we took it & were back to 3 i...

We arrived at Koh Samui in the late afternoon/evening & again struggled to find a room. Eventually we found one that was a bit shabby but only 300b (5 pounds) a night between the 3 of us. We've pretty much shared rooms, even beds for Helens whole stay. I think we stayed in separate rooms twice! We went to the sea that evening to cool off but the waves were humongous, I almost drowned & the strength of the waves almost pulled off all of our swimming su...

Koh Tao is mainly for people who are going diving. The guesthouses offer discounts for divers or sometimes won't even let nondivers stay there. Helen was thinking about doing a dive & Charlie & I wanted to. However, in the end, we thought we would dive after Helen had left us so that she had more beach time for her holiday. The beaches here were nothing special, however we did take a taxi boat to an amazing spot where the snorkelling was really good. ...

We had to fly down to Surat Thani & then take a ferry across to Koh Phangan to be there in time for the full moon party. We had booked one nights accommodation for an extortionate price before we left Bangkok. We thought it may be some kind of luxury hotel but it wasn't! The next day we had to try &find a new hotel, everywhere was full. Things weren't looking good! We decided to walk down the beach & call in at every set of Bungalows, preparing o...