Yoga - it's not just for girls The yoga class here every morning is brutal. Today we had to do a bar workout using the wall of the salaa as a bar. That's fine if you are pretty tall, but as the shortest person in the class getting my leg up to nearly chest height before we even start the stretches was seriously challenging. To begin with I said it was to tall and the yogi scoffed and said "Thai people are shorter than you", but after about five minutes of st...

We did our first day of snorkelling today and this beach is seriously teaming with life - including plenty of sea urchins and anemones, so best not to put your feet down until you've got clear googles and you can check! There's also lots of hermit crabs, some of the tiniest I've ever seen all over the place, but once you get into the seaweedy areas, that's where all the fish are hiding. This morning I saw several blue tang, A handful of yellow tang and two of...

Today I had my first ever Thai massage. Our chiropractor had warned us "no funny stuff, don't let anybody walk on your back" but that ultimately having a daily massage is going to do our backs a lot of good. This isn't the kind of massage I was taught at school. It's very pokey, and pressing more than stroking. I wore a swimsuit, as the massages are performed outside on a deck by the beach, with a dress that I could easily remove - expecting that the masseuse...

It's nearly time!! Matt and I have said goodbye to the kids and we are off on our way to our juicing retreat!! I've been following the resort we are going to on Instagram for a little while, getting myself all excited with their photos. Some of my more fashionable London friends have been telling me that a juicing holiday is a "thing" now. That all the cool kids are doing it to recover from their hectic toxic lifestyles before going back to their hectic tox...

Just a couple of hours in Bangkok on our way to Koh Samui - enough time to enjoy the complimentary lounge and drinks, plus a green curry that was amazing. I love that the airplanes have cameras attached so you can watch the landing from your screen as if you were the pilot. The lights are so pretty on the runway.