So on our last full day in Bangkok (Tuesday) we went for a Thai massage - lovely although quite violent some of the poking and pulling! but lovely and a bargain at 180baht (3quid) for an hour. We then shopped some more and then sent a big parcel home with all our goodies in it, although I somkehow still have loads in my bag and so couldnt close it before we left so have definately had to use the extender part of the bag now - no return now! We arrived here in ...

So I now need to update you all on the last week we've been in Haad Rin, well we got there on Saturday (16th) and since then we've practically just spent every day on the beach reading, listening to music, swimming and just basically chilling and being very lazy!! It was overcast a few days but still hot and so that didnt really make any difference. In the evenings as we're not being party animals we've just been going out for dinner and watching films shown in t...

Well after a couple of days here on Ko Phangan staying at the Haad Yao beach bungalows which are practically right on the beach. The beach is lovely and is West facing so we get to watch the sunset on it - lovely see pics they dont do it any justice! Vic's doesnt like where we're staying as we share the bungalow with a couple of (whopping) cockroaches, and i must say Im not that keen and there is nothing to do here in Haad yao - it doesnt help that its low seaso...

Well we got to watch the England game the other night - the day after whilst we were eating dinner in one of the pubs, we've also found a bar here that has free internet for 15 mins while you have a beer which is good just to check the emails. On Saturday night we went to the bar across from our hotel that has a ladyboy cabaret show on but it was really bad!! they were trying to mouth the words to the songs when it was obvious they had no clue what the songs wer...

So we've got to Koh Samui, we got a minibus on Monday morning which was a really nice one with good air con, so a much better journey, and the boat journey was good too it took an hour and a half but lovely views of the small islands!! We arrived about 4.30pm in Chaweng on Koh Samui (we just got on the bus (like an extended tuk tuk)to get to this beach) and trekked around a bit with our backpacks on (not good in the heat here!) to find a hostel/guesthouse. We hav...