25/10 - Mission: Get to Borneo My only job for today was to get my butt to Borneo and meet the parents - which therefore included being at thr correct airport and NOT missing my plane!. As I boarded the plane heading for Kota Kinabalu I realised that I was one of only 4 other westerners on the flight...needless to say I got a few 'looks'. As my taxi pulled up at the Shangri-la resort I was still convinced i had the wrong adress. I couldn't help but laugh as the...

After a day on a variety of moads of transport, from a very sweaty mini-bus, to a freezing cold luxuary air-con bus we eventually arrived at KL 11pm and not supprisingly headed straight for bed! 20/10 - Shopping Having scanned the map we headed for Chinatown and wondered round the markets and stalls. Feeling uninspired we selected our chosen shopping mall and made a bee-line for it. Sadly, I had to retire early due to illness so took to my bed with trashy Engli...

16/10 - Mission: Get off Ko Phangan We gladly left the Same Same guesthouse in a hope that we never actually see it again! It is at this point that we are all very hot, fed up and warm out! As we arrive on Ko Tao we have a few specifications that we want...a NICE room with 3 single beds, a swimming pool, a seperate shower/curtain and clean...don't ask for much then! By pot luck Sarah saw a picture in a window, so we head for the Asia Diver's Resort, and if by ma...

11/10 - Traveling to Ko Phangan...bus, bus, boat, taxi... So, I've come to learn a few things about Thailand (and SE Asia), not everything is what they say...100bhat can be bartered down, 10mins is longer etc so when they say 7am pick-up and they still aren't thre by 7.30 you don't panic...just wait! My bus dropped me at Krabi mini-boat station where I swapped tickets and stickers (this is how they identify you). Here to my delight I met Harris, a guy I'd random...

So, as promised to MUm, I vivsted the island that her school brought a fishing boat for after the Tsunami. The boats to and from the island had only started running the previous week, so as I'm sure you can imagine things were very slow. I stayed in an amazing family-run resort right on the beach in a small hut for a mere 150bhat (2pounds) a night...needless to say you didn't get much for you money. This also was the first time that I'd actually been on my own pr...