We were booked on to a 4 hour tour of the island for this morning so were collected at 9am by our minibus. We managed to fit a fair bit into the time and it ended up being about 6hours instead! The first stop was at the Plai Laem Temple and the Joa Mae Kuan Im where there were various buildings and sights to see. The detail on the buildings is incredible and some parts are glittery and shiny! There were various monks present but they have nothing to do with women...

We went to the beach first thing and after much searching we found some bargain sun loungers where we spent much of the day! The beach here isn't as nice as it was in Ko Phi Phi and the water isn't as crystal clear. We chilled for much of the day. Late afternoon we dropped our stuff back at the hostel and went for a Thai massage! Neither of us had had one before so we were unsure what to expect, well apart from pain! The salon was lovely and very posh! I got giv...

We were awake very early because the curtains don't block the sun out! After much debating about getting up we finally did! We were surprised when we went in search of breakfast, everything was still shut and it was about 10am!! Even the cafe in our hostel was shut!! We found a MCD's though so couldn't resist! We also had the yummiest coffee we have had in a long time!! We then went in search of the beach. It was very busy but there weren't many sun loungers left...

We had a long day ahead of us as we were heading over to Koh Samui. This journey involved 3boats, 1 coach and 3 minibuses! It all seemed a bit dodgey to us and we weren't told very much! We took a long tail taxi boat across to the harbour to catch the ferry to Krabi, on the mainland. After one boat wouldn't start we made it just in time! The journey went fairly quickly and we sailed past our accommodation and we didn't realise just how close to the cliff edge we...