We had our alarm set for 4:45 so we could say goodbye to Chris who was getting a taxi to the airport at 5am. However, we were woken up a little earlier by Chris knocking on our door to say he'd locked himself out of his room after going for a shower. There's noone on the reception desk from 8pm to 8am, he didn't have his key, and his plane was leaving at 8:30…uh oh! There wasn't much we could do, although we tried picking the lock, trying to force open the w...

After another night of broken sleep on the train, we arrived back at Cozy at about 8am just as the receptionist was opening the doors! We didn't have to wait too long before we could get into our room and have a much needed shower! Laura and I needed to get a few things from MBK shopping centre, so after a short rest we were off to find a taxi, leaving Chris behind at the hotel to get his stuff sorted for his journey home tomorrow. We managed to get a taxi str...

We checked out of the guesthouse this morning and got picked up at 11am for our transfer to Surat Thani where we would get the sleeper train tonight back to Bangkok for the third and final time! We were picked up on time and, after collecting other people from Aonang, were dropped off at the bus station in Krabi. Our next bus was leaving an hour later so we sat and ate some sandwiches while we waited (these places always sell ham and cheese sandwiches - they m...

This morning we managed a lie-in and eventually left the hotel at about 11:30am. We decided to walk down to the pier, 600m from our hotel according to the sign outside. After about 10 minutes we stumbled upon a large tent filled with food stalls and the Obligatory plastic chairs! We grabbed some breakfast (ham and cheese toasties -mmm!) and then walked the short distance to the beach. At one end it was connected to an island just off shore by a narrow sand b...

Our pick-up for our day trip to the Koh Phi Phi Islands was at 8:30 this morning and we were collected in a very old, run down songthaew which looked like it had been made from scraps of wood. It didn't have any wing mirrors, just one extra long rearview mirror! We weren't going far, however, only to the beach after picking up a few others. We were dropped at the tour office and given our stickers to identify which boat trip we were on - they like giving you st...