Dear Alan and Jim Thank you very much for buying us 'Work' for our wedding gift. Although 'Work' doesn't sound so great, this has actually been a really cool week, not only a good break from travelling but an amazing experience as well. Let me begin by explaining what we have been doing… Asalanta is a small sustainable Eco lodge in the middle of the tropical jungle on the island of Koh Lanta in the south of Thailand. It was founded six years ago by a...

Dear Great Aunt Vera Thank you very much for your very kind wedding present. We decided to spend it on two nights on Koh Phi Phi. Koh Phi Phi is quite a party island so it was our last hurrah in Thailand before we go and spend a week volunteering in an ecolodge on Koh Lanta. To this end, we stayed in the appropriately named Ibiza Hotel. It was right in the middle of the action so any hope of sleep before 3am was optimistic. But hey we weren't there to sleep...

Dear Great Aunt Vera Thank you very much for your very kind wedding present. We decided to spend it on two nights on Koh Phi Phi. Koh Phi Phi is quite a party island so it was our last hurrah in Thailand before we go and spend a week volunteering in an ecolodge on Koh Lanta. To this end, we stayed in the appropriately named Ibiza Hotel. It was right in the middle of the action so any hope of sleep before 3am was optimistic. But hey we weren't there to sleep...

Dear Simon, Karine and Hannah Thank you very much for buying us the beachside accommodation for our wedding present. We are currently very much enjoying it on a little island in the South West of Thailand called Koh Yao Noi. It is very unspoiled and pretty here. Koh Yao Noi means Little Grandmother Island in Thai just in case you wanted to know. We are spending our days visiting idyllic beaches, swimming with vicious fishes, hanging out at the beach bar with o...

THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THAILAND PART 2 As promised here is the second part of the list of our best things about Thailand so far. Seeing the biggest waterfall Donna has ever seen, standing at the bottom feeling the spray cool you down and seeing the rainbows in the water. Reading Louise Warner's autobiography 'Just For One Day' on Donna's Kindle when she wasn't using it. It is the little things. Going for a shopping trip to buy some trousers and...