We awoke on valentines day with the room quite stuffy inspite of the fan in the room going at full steam. I headed through to the lobby and had the usual breakfast whilst I let Laura sleep in as she was out for the count!! I did a little bit of pointless web searching and researched Cambodia in terms of things to see and possible accommodation options in Phnom Penh. Laura slept on through to about 09:45 and she also had some breakfast ...rarity! We then basically...

We had planned a bright early start although the snooze button was utilised which meant we didn't actually stir till 7am. Our objective the morning was to make the hike up to the big Buddha situated on the hilltop above the seaside towns which we made reference to earlier. I had some breakfast and we started our climb with the hotel instructions as our guide. As we made the climb through the winding roads and foliage the humidity increase was very noticeable. The...

The night had been a bit unsettled as mostly due to loud people returning in the evening and walking past our beds, the air conditioning did make a nice change though. The shower in the morning was warm, which felt so weird we even turned it down to cold haha!! We decided to head south to Kata beach today and strolled through the town and onto the beach. The first impressions were not good, sun loungers packed in everywhere and the whole shore line turned up th...

We awoke relatively afresh after the satisfactory rugby win over Ireland last night. This morning we would head to the west coast of Phuket, a small town called Karon which was situated just south of Patong. We packed up our gear and enjoyed some toast and said goodbye to ghetto childs hostel and Kai for now at least. We caught the local town bus and waited for our departure about 10 minutes later. The bus weaves through the town and negotiated various hills pick...

Today was not a good day lol... I now remember why I don't drink very often. I woke at ten am to find the bed empty and me spalled out like a star fish and my mouth was as dry as a desert. Steven was downstairs enjoying the complimentary breakfast and checking his mail. I wandered down to join him and Kai simply laughed when she saw me and handed me a very strong coffee... I must have looked a lot worse then I thought. I took a perch and munched some toast an...