Our trip to Koh Samui was longer than originally planned. And we hadn't originally planned to come here at this point if at all. We didn't know what to expect from Koh Samui, we knew there were lots of resorts and after our Phi Phi experience and with it being so close to Koh Phangnan (full moon party island) we didn't know whether it would be our sort of place. The journey across was a whopping 13 hours from Koh Lanta. We got to Krabi easily but when we trie...

Having read that Koh Phi Phi was overly expensive to stay on, but still wanting to visit both the islands we decided that a day trip was the best and, in the long run, the cheapest way to see everything that Phi Phi had to offer. Koh Phi Phi is actually two islands; Phi Phi Don, the larger party island, and Phi Phi Lei, the smaller one, protected as a nature reserve so no hotels, but no lack of tourists. The ferry ride from Koh Lanta to Phi Phi was nauseating ...

Arriving at Koh Lanta we had nowhere to stay so it was the boys turn to do the house hunting. After about thirty seconds we stumbled across a row of brand new beach bungalows, never before been used and, we suspect, probably only finished the day before. Cheap and comfy, if a little flimsy, we couldn't ask for more, right on the beach. Our stay consisted of lots of noodle soup for Sean and a variety of Thai Green curries, fried rice, noodles, Pad Thai and a to...

Railay Beach is not technically an island, but because there are no roads or transport links, the only way in is via boat so it is treated like an island. And the prices reflect this. It has become something of a luxury island and so finding budget accommodation was slightly harder than anticipated. Tori and I decided to leave the boys with the bags and the beers!) And set out to conquer the island. After two hours with an absolutely fruitless search, the best ...

So the four musketeers; Sean, myself, Tori and Tyler, all headed out from Gecko guesthouse early and we were bundled into a taxi, onto the ferry, where Tori and I promptly fell asleep. We seem to have become quite adept at falling asleep almost at will on the transport, I also think this is helped by the travel sickness tablets I now have to take (a great time to develop travel sickness is whilst travelling around the world...) which make me a bit dopey, yes mo...