Ok apologies for the shortness of this entry but we just wrote the whole thing out and the computer froze so we lost it all!! Havent eaten for 24 hours so need to get out of here and get some dinner.

Yesterday went to the Grand Palace and Wat po and Wat Phra Kaew temples in bangkok - amazing sights and buildings mostly in gold leaf. See photos, most interestingly the largest reclinign Buddha in Thailand at 49m long and 15m high.

Took the night train and then bus and boat to Ko Samui last night arriving this lunch time - very smelly and very tired! Definitely worth the horrific journey though, the beach is amazing - white sand a blue seas and skies (unlike the cloud and smog in bangkok). Staying in a bungalow on Chewang beach for 10 pounds a night and getting a load of washing done and ironed for 75p - cant get much better than that and the beach is the best we have ever seen so staying here to chill out for a few days as still not over the jetlag!! Maybe we'll visit Ko Pan Ngan as well and then to Phuket.

Thanks everyone for all your messages!! It's lovely to hear from you all! We were thinking about replying to you all individually but havent eaten a morsel for 24 hours so we are off to get some food now it's a bit cooler.

Mum cant reply to your mesasge for some reason but dont worry about tthe bank stuff - will call over the weekend.

Lots of love to all xxxx