The raincoats were out this morning as we embarked on the Grande Depart, a pretty emotional moment. The Journey was interesting. · First of all we saw a taxi, same as the one we were in, on its side due to incautious driving on these rollercoaster roads. Everybody immediately belted up. · The hour and a half wait at the bus station involved us eating super noodles, the same we would have for breakfast at the orphanage. It was surprisingly nos...

Finally the day has come where we decide to leave the island, so we booked our travel and accommodation for Bangkok. Five days until Australia now and we are really looking forward to seeing Amy and Luke. Matt got big headed as Alex from sunshine bar offered him the last one of his vests. He prints his own vest with pictures of him on them and captions but only sells to select people. He has being telling people for weeks that he has sold out. Matt was told by t...

As a gift from our friends Esther and Duncan on their day of leave Matt was given a new book - Life by Keith Richards. This book is the most in depth Rock and Roll memoir ever to be released. Surprising he hasn't forgotten any of his life. Matt began the second book of his life and before we know it, another day has passed with a touch beat-boxing in Ting Tong at night. M & C xxxx

A pretty regular day involving research, massage, Frisbee training, reggae and free buckets until the boys were sat at X's bar. Or should we call him AXE. We have now being here for around ten days and are friendly with the bar staff, but the stories we hear tonight will change our ways. The bartender called X - lovely, friendly, upbeat, happy and amazing at connect 4. Story 1 Last year, someone talked to a girl that he was after so he bottled them, Train Spot...

Due to last night's antics cards, music and beers were in order followed by an 'early' night at X's bar, rolling in at midnight. How our perception has changed, it's normally 7.30 pm if we need to catch up on sleep. M & C xxxx