Today we arrived in Koh Lanta wiht a load of Touts waiting for us at the ferry pier. After barterin for some accomodation, we finally agreed to stay at a guest house called Garden Home - which ended up being a great choice. The main backpacker is at long beach, but we had heard it wasnt Koh Lanta's best beach - so we stayed on Klong Doa a gorgeous beach the next bay up. Our room was basic but very nice and was situated right on the beach front, perfect!! The best...

After such a long journey from Koh Lanta, we arrived at Koh Tarutao feeling it all worth while. Paradise!!!! This island is the long awaited undeveloped paradise island we have been looking for in our stay in Thailand, with absolutely everything in its untouched natural state. There was very few people on the island and since the island is part of a national marine park, the only sounds we heard were the birds tweeking and the sound of the ocean. Upon checking...

Sunday 4th January 2009 We have really enjoyed our three days spent on Railay. Although its just around the corner from Ao Nang, Railay - hidden amongst the limestone cliffs feels like you have lept into a completely different world! We arrived by longtail boat to the backpacker area on Tonsai beach, and were pleased to find this an area that had maintained a serine, unspoilt atmosphere. Here, there is no transport, huts are hidden beneath the trees and there i...

We arrived in Krabi after a nice boat trip from phi phi on the top deck in the sun, lovely! We checked into our last pre-booked hotel which was great, by which time Jez had arrived to meet us. Its always so good because he always finds where we're staying and comes to se us so we don't have to do anything. I know that sounds lazy but it's great! Anyway after chilling out for a bit we went and checked out the town which was fairly touristy and had some decent bars...

Now where do we start with Phi phi... We have loved every minute of it here over christmas!! It is the most beautiful Island, with two mainlands joint by a huge strip of sand commecting the two. The centre strip is where all the bars, shops and restaurants are. There are two Islands, one is habitabal, Phi Phi Don, which is where we were staying and the other is Phi Phi Leh, which is uninhabitabal and is part of the marine national park where the Beach was filmed...