We were already sad to leave Krabi but even more so when we arrived in Bangkok..... it was hammering it down, and after not really seeing much rain in four months it was an upsetting time for Joanna the summer baby! Bangkok is huge and quite dirty.... very congested and due to our limited time here (one day) we didnt have chance to get our bearings and find the cool places to go although it was good fun having a look round and we managed to find an extremely che...

Another fun filled speed boat ride later and we had arrived in Au Nang (Krabi)..... a crash back down to earth when we checked into our hostel but we were very happy to discover we had full use of the 5* resort facilities located in the hotel next to us....... this at least stopped a cold turkey reaction from Jo! Krabi is much nicer than Phuket with lots of white sandy beaches and a more couple / family atmosphere..... we decided to rent a motorbike again as we ...

Goodbye to the Wharfe Suite and our flashpacker lifestyle (or so we thought)..... we met Danny at 8.30am for the 40 minute taxi north to Phuket Pier where we purchased our speed boat ticket to Ko Yao Noi, the trip lasted 20 minutes flying past many small thai islands that were beautiful to see..... really good fun! We arrived on Yao Noi and was greeted by Jasmine (a friend of dannys) who very kindly had our scooters ready and waiting for our two day stay..... af...

We landed in Phuket at about 2pm and had been lazy enough to agree to the guest house airport pick-up service costing 800 baht which proved to be well worth the money as we discovered Karon Beach was a 45 minute drive south; KARON BEACH As our first stop in Thailand we had decided this would be our holiday within a holiday, a week of pure relaxation by the pool etc. but after arriving we were so impressed with the accomodation we decided to indulge ourselves an...