Just a quick update as we've been on the move for the past few days. From Ko Samui we headed for Krabi town, ended up staying 1 night in a dingy hotel and rather than heading for an island or beach, decided to move on. Then took the public bus further south to Trang, again, this is usually a jumping off point for nice beaches and islands. However, a combination of dodgy looking weather forecasts and Matt having a reaction to his malaria tablets meaning he is ul...

Next stop Ko Samui This morning we checked out of the hotel on Ko Tao; not much to report from there, we just took advantage of the nice weather and pottered about the town, called Sai Ree. I wanted some summer clothes as my limited wardrobe doesn't cater much for this weather but things are creeping up in price again as we hit touristy spots so I didn't bother. We took another boat this morning the 2 hour journey to Ko Samui. We were given sea sickness tablet...

Arrived in Ko Tao on the 28th, we leave tomorrow for Ko Samui. Will write some more soon. Wednesday 28th November The journey from Hell So we arrived on Ko Tao this morning at around 9.30am. We got on a bus last night and travelled the 7 or so hours to a place called Chumphon. Us and a few others were going to Ko Tao while the rest were going on to Phuket. So, we were deposited at the side of a road at 3.30am where another bus driver met us. We sat outside...

12 weeks since we left the UK What we couldn't do without… Each other , wet wipes, phrasebook, Ziploc bags, bottle opener, loo roll, hand sanitiser, torch, Skype, bucket loads of insect repellent and very useful ear plugs On Saturday we walked to a travel agent to organise our onward transport. We have decided to go to Ko Tao in the south. It's near Ko Samui and Ko Pha Ngan but a bit quieter. Ko Pha Ngan is famous for its monthly Full Moon Party on the beach...

Siem Reap to Bangkok Happy 65th to Matt's mum for tomorrow! There are 3 options for getting the 400 or so km to Bangkok from Siem Reap; fly, take a bus straight through (approx. 12 hours) or take a taxi, tuk-tuk and bus. We opted for the latter. The road between Siem Reap and Poipet (the Cambodian border town) is a notorious road. Lonely Planet refers to it as the 'Boulevard of Broken Backsides.' As a main artery road out of the country one wonders why the gov...