Well we took your great advise and thought it to be very wise sooooo were in a 5 star hotel now and its just brilliant! still no internet there now! were in the village, about a 10 minute walk, and kirsty is (if she gets round to it) going to do her blog! So you can read it then! Glad to hear amplifico is all good! just lloking for flight details etc fo cambodia! will talk to y'all soon!xxx

thought you guys would wanna know amplifico's first live webathon gig went amazingly well
xxx

Mandy, I've just spoken to Kirsty, they've moved into a decent, nice hotel further up the beach and are fine.

Darren I'm so glad to hear you are looking for better accommodation, I sent Kirsty a mesage to say to put safety over cost!!! You will be best where there are other people about and it's not so rough! Take care, love Mum xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hello troops!So we took the bus from bangkok and spent 6 hours on the bloody thing with King Kong on the tv but it was repeating the same bit so if I didnt know the end already I'd be miffed anyway arrived in Ko chang last night at about 7ish, it was raining we wetre tired and didnt wander too far to find accom so we stayed in a wee bungalow next to trhe beach! after a sleepless night got up tom find the beach was a bit....bleh...meaning not as nice as it shoul;d be so we walked along to find a better place and stumbled across some fancy hotel but we couldnt afford it so now here we are sweating my ass off in a place called lonely beach, were just going to check iout accom now! So its all good probably the hottest day so far need to get in that sea straight away!! byes

Ook- finally started catching up on my blog. So far I've finished writing up my final days at the school- 27th, 28th and 29th June. I accidentally wrote my last post as being on 29th July, which was obviously meant to be 29th June. Enjoy. xx

Hi Kirsty and Darren! Sounds like you're having a fantastic time. Was really jealous of the elephant trek (I want to do that!!!!) The photos are amazing.....please keep them coming! ....well maybe not anymore spider ones! Just wondering how long it took you, Darren, to suss out the lady boys! Its definately quieter here than in Bangkok, Spent Fri afternoon through in Glasgow, catching up with Kerry before she and Scott fly out to Canada on Sunday. Don't worry won't be completely on my own.. am babysitting the gerbils, much to Bob's excitment. better go now as I'm working on 20 mins. Take care and enjoy every minute of your travels and drop us a wee line when you can. Lots of love Mandy (mum) xxx

P.S- Miss Sarah- need a list of 'gota dos' for Laos. Hope India treats ya well! As you said- we gota friggin well make the most of it. Nasty thought. Just know we're gona look back on this and wish we were here. Pants. x

Haha Sarah, thanks for that analergy of my peelage. Arrived in Bangkok 2day- on Koh San Road (sp?)- tis actually crazy but immense. Lovin it- might get on my nerves after a day or so though. Darren witnessed his first Lady Boys to his disgust, highly amusing. Found an alright place to stay for an alright price. Too funny- on the hotel's rules sheet it lists all these regulations about allowing people to stay in your room- ie, no Thai people are allowed in the hotel unless they are married to the foreigner staying and have a joint passport with them, if someone decided to bring anyone back to their room, they have to show their passport at reception and can only stay a certain time and if they want to stay the night, they have to pay reception a rediculous price. Tis so funny- so no worries mum- its been made quite clear to us that we are NOT staying in a Brothal! I'm thinking police have prob cracked down on all that jazz recently. It's not as much as a dive as I thought. Tis deff 'In your face' but tis bearable and buzzing. Just had a thai massage and its 12.45am so we're feeling a bit out of it and sleepy so off to bed! xx

Greetins Krusty Pumpkin, from India! I arrived the day after the terrorist attacks...thankfully to Delhi (well I say thankfully, but it's not a nice place as an intro to India) instead of Mumbai. Anyway, thankfully I didn't have to face the filth, rapists and general scariness alone, as I found a Polish dude fresh off the plane from Europe, and took him under my wing, it being his first time in Asia and all. After 4 days together, he is fully doing my head in but thank God we part ways tomorrow...I'm heading up to the *cold* Himalayas and will in a few days hopefully meet up with a guy from school. India is nuts that's all I can say...

Anyway the cheek of me waffling about myself, enough about me sorry! Hope you enjoyed the diving although shame about the sharks...must be to Darren's relief though. Oooh meeting up with Georgie and Chez, well send them my love yeah =) Knew that your spendaholic ways would catch up with you sooner or later...time for you to proper do it shoestring style! Take care, don't peel on the beach again like us fannies in Nha Trang, and enjoy your travels babe 'cause before we know it it'll be back to the real world and sitting gormlessly in front of Physiology textbooks thicker than my ever-expanding thighs...(Indian food is ''immense'') x x x

Knackered. Early 5.30am start this morning to hit the reefs for a couple of dives. No sharks though-absolutely gutted. 5m bad boys have been spotted in the last few days but cause the waves are rough due to the full moon, they got scared away. Heading to Bangkok tomorrow morning, spending a few days there, then to Koh Chang to chill. Hopefully will then make it up to Chiang Mai for a few days. Right, off to meet up with Gorgie and Chez @ their pad in Koh Tao (they arrived yesterday). x

Good plan whitts!!! It's for his own good you know Kirsty! P.s. daz consider an email whisking its way to you right now!