We set the alarm to wake us up at 8.30am. We then grabbed our stuff and went to a '7 eleven shop' to get some snacks for the boat journey to Koh Lanta. Helen rested in the air conditioned lower deck whilst Jay was mingling with the boat crew. He was invited to go into the Captain's deck. The boat journey was not very long, approximately one hour from Koh Phi Phi. The entrance into Koh Lanta was beautiful. A friendly Thai guy spotted us getting off the boat and o...

We got up at 8.30am and went to the 'Blue View Divers' shop at 9.30am. Helen did her try dive in the pool near the dive shop at approximately 10am with Caroline a dive master from Northern Ireland. The try dive was for Helen to experience breathing under water using the full diving equipment. Helen found this comfortable and enjoyable and was happy to move onto learning the skills needed for diving. It cost 4400 THB to learn the skills and discover scuba dive. He...

We had breakfast at 10.45am at the 'Sunflower bar' by the beach. We had pineapple fried rice and Phad Thai noodles with chicken to share. They were very big portions and very tasty. We also had a mango shake to share which was also delicious. After breakfast we went into the 'Blue View Divers' shop to enquire about diving. The staff there were very friendly and approachable. We did a last minute booking through our accomodation place for a tour around Koh Phi...

We set the alarm to wake us up at 6.30am. The minibus arrived at 7.20am to take us to the port. The Phi Phi cruiser left at 8.45am, we arrived at Koh Phi Phi at 11.30am. We chose our accommodation on arrival from a stand giving information on the acccomodation available. Jay got himself a mango pancake whilst waiting for the guy to take us to our room. We checked in at midday at 'The Harmony House' guesthouse. This is a basic double room with a fan and hot water....

We set the alarm to wake us up at 6am. The minibus arrived at 7am to pick us up and take us to Phang Nga pier where we got the speedboat to the Similian Island. The journey out there was relatively smooth until we got a bit further out where it became choppy. We could not do the original snorkel site because the sea was too rough so we went to the secondary snorkel area which was called Turtle Bay. After snorkelling for 40 minutes we went to the famous Similian b...