I wake up and inspect myself and surroundings. I still had all my fingers. My face was tattoo-less. There was no monkey, or naked Chinese man in the room. Phew. Feeling fragile, we refuelled with breakfast before jumping in a tuk tuk to the Grand Palace. Holding back the urge to sing 'Getting to Know You', 'Shall We Dance' and other songs from The King and I, we roamed the palace and marvelled at it's beauty. It was incredible. Scenes of war and stories were...

Today we left Phi Phi and headed to Phuket for our flight to Bangkok, and the next phase of our adventure. The soundtrack to today's journey ha to be 'Monster' by Kanye, in respect to the Hangover 2. This also meant constantly shouting HOLLA CITY OF SQUALOR and confirming that we will be having a 'sick night b****es'. For those who haven't seen Hangover 2, the next few blogs may be lost with you. I recommend you watch the film, not for the purpose of the blo...

We're back to never drinking again!! Hanging like a monkey in a tree, I managed to get myself to the pool and a sunbed to relieve my hangover. Stories from the night before filled the atmosphere, and everyone decided that the best solution to the hangover was yet more alcohol. I opted for banana daiquiris, 1 of my 5 a day, no? In the evening, I thrashed Will at jenga, and we both beat 2 German guys at pool. After a terrible round, I was on top form, pott...

Another glorious lie in and my sickness had gone. Hurrah! I left a hungover Will in bed and headed for a tanning sesh by the pool. Now this is what I had in mind! Slowly, the hungover tourists emerged from bed and began another day of drinking. Music, swim up bar, cocktails, and sunshine. Amazing. Soon, it was the evening. Will and I headed to the infamous beer pong bar where I absolutely annihilated him at the drinking game. Yeah b****! We met up with ...

Finally, a lie in!!!! A lazy day by the infinity pool followed (yes, this still counts as backpacking!) drinking cocktails, meeting fellow travellers (also reuniting with friends from other islands), and looking forward to a messy night ahead. After making friends with a group of irish lads, we decided to grab some beers and head up to the famous view point of Phi Phi. My god, it f***ing killed me. Steep steps, slopes, mosquitoes, more steep steps, nev...