Hello all!

Sorry I haven't updated for a while, been having so much fun. I was supposed to leave Koh Tao for Bangkok the day after I finished scuba diving but decided last minute to change my flight so I could spend another week on Koh Tao. This was easy but then I remembered my visa had ran out. They charge you daily for overstaying your welcome so I was thinking about doing a visa run to the Burmese border. However, it worked out that I would only save about 20pounds & it would take over a day & apparently things aren't good in Burma? (No one knows anything out here!) So I thought I'd just pay it on my way out & save myself some hassle.

Scuba Dave went on to do his advanced scuba course & of course tried to pursuade me to do it. However, it meant doing a night dive & there isn't anything that could have got me in that water at night. Also I had blisters from my flippers (sorry, FINS - i get a beer fine everytime i say flippers) so I couldn't even if i had wanted. Then Huck turned up who Dave came travelling with but who had spent 2 weeks in a Muay Thai training camp so I spent the week bumming around with those two.

The blisters I had from scuba diving got worse & eventually I had problems walking & had to hobble around the island (it didn't help that all my shoes either got nicked or i left them somewhere so i spent 2 weeks barefoot). Then the lads insisted I go to the doctor which i really didn't want to do & it turns out i've got cellulitis - it's an infection that eats away at the tissue & if left untreated eventually the limb has to be amputated (don't worry mine was no where near that bad & easily treated with penicillin ha ha). To get rid of the infection the doctor had to remove all the infected tissue which was horrible. I cried the whole time & they had to hold me down - bloody butcher he was! But after some painkillers some beer & ice cream i was fine again. It was my last night so we went out & had a good one.

I'm back in Bangkok now, been shopping for the last 2 days. I'm supposed to be resting my feet but there's nothing to do if you can't walk anywhere! I really wanted to stay on the islands with Dave & Huck but I'm already in Thailand illegally & i don't want to go to a thai jail. I fly out to Aus tomorrow which I'm looking forward to but I'm really exhausted - could do with a week back home to recover from Asia! If my feet aren't any better I will probably go to a doctor in Sydney. I'm more than half way through my trip now, how sad! It's ok though, I'm already making plans for the summer! xxx