With one side of Thailand ticked off having made our way from Phuket across the Andaman (Jumas see row 14 of spreadsheet) we left Krabi with sore heads and our gift of karaoke (see previous post). Both feeling like total beach (big) bums, we thought we'd break up our trip to the Gulf of Thailand with a short stop in the countries wettest location, Khao Sok National Park. With no mozzie spray and relatively little information on the area, we freestyled our travel ...

After leaving the beautiful Koh Lanta, we stopped off in Krabi Town to have a rest before our next little adventure. On our first night we explored the town and were lucky enough to stumble upon the wonders of the night market. With its hundreds of shops, stands and street food stalls it was also the venue for the main stage which played host to the local 'talent' show. B-boy, dance troops, ladyboys and strange little kids that looked like the Thai version of Ame...

We arrived on the beautiful island of Koh Lanta and sat on the front porch of the very bohemian, Lanta Lantern watching the heavy downpour and tried to muster the courage to head out exploring. After seeing some passing monks who seemed to be braving the elements with big smiles we headed set out to check out the local market. Whilst on Lanta we visited a local animal shelter which was home to lots of stray cats and dogs, most of which had endured some horrible...

The island and it's surrounding little siblings are amongst the most beautiful archipelagos in the world (isle of wight not included). We pretty much spent our entire time in awe of the dramatic limestone cliffs dropping into the ocean, stretches of bamboo trees lining the white sandy beaches and everything else it had to offer. To get the best possible perspective on thailand's gem we thought we'd get involved in a cruise around the islands. Now when I say crui...

Filled with excitement we arrived on Koh Phi Phi and soon got to our hotel to be confronted by a Thai lady with a massive gob screaming 'you pay now!' as Luke scrambled for his wallet. It was of course in the furthest, most remote corner of the island and as we made the hike up to our room (I'm talking about a full on effing trek through what felt like the amazon) I tried to convince myself it was charming and quaint. That lasted all of about 12 minutes and we we...