Having a brilliant time on Thong Nai Pan Yai beach (what a mouthful!) and will be sad to leave. Went exploring this morning to the beach that I was planning on staying at - Thong Nai Pan Noi - which is about 1 1/2 km away and it wasn't as nice as this place so I was very relieved that the 60 year old American guy I met in the taxi told me to come here! I did find a cool pufferfish washed up on shore - well I thought it was cool and have photographic evidence!! Th...

Well it has been a difficult few days and I had been feeling really down and questioned what I was thinking doing this by myself! Am much happier now and think I was just on a bit of a downer after my trip and had been feeling really lonely. Don't think it helped that Chaweng in Ko Samui and last night at Hat Rin in Ko Phangan were really touristy areas and I was not brave enough to say 'hi my name is Julia can I be your friend?!' In fairness I didn't try as hard...

Hi all! I am now in Koh Phangan! Spent a night in Chaweng in Koh Samui at an amazing guesthouse called AKWA which was decorated with Pop Art all over the walls and is like someone's bedroom. The manager was a crazy pissed gay guy who has adopted a 10 year old Thai boy and told me all about his ex boyfriend problems within seconds of meeting me (he did make me a very large free cocktail to make up for it!) Had a chilled out night at a Mexican restaurant/bar and wa...