Bec and I woke up today trying to think of the best way to prepare ourselves for the biggest party we've...OK, I've ever been to. What better than to do nothing. So that's what we did. After breakfast at the hotel, we read our books on the beach, and cooled off in the pool. I think Bec just floated for about an hour in the pool. After lunch by the pool and apple pie, we dived into a know-down-drag-out ping pong tournament. Needless to say, Becky kicked my a...

Today was perhaps the most exciting day of our trip.... We woke up and casually wandered around town to a few airline offices looking for a plane ticket to leave that day for Koh Phangan. Tickets were not available until late that night but one of the reservation agents thought that a bus left at 10am for Surat Thani which is where you catch the boat to the island. It was currently 9:35am and the bus station was on the other side of town. Matt and I both jumped ...

Today we did something that you must try at least once on any long trip. Laundry. Once we hung our clothes out to dry, we grabbed some ramen noodles from 7-11 because we wanted to get in touch with our asian side and then parked ourselves in front of the plama tv at our hostel and watched australian rugby. In the afternoon it became clear that we had overexerted ourselves for the day so we went and got a massage at a nearby hotel. Then we hopped a local bus for a...

We left this morning for Phuket on a boat we booked in town. We're sad to leave Phi Phi, but excited to move on. Bec and I bought a couple of smoothies just before we left for the boat ride. Stayed at a place called Phuket Backpackers in Phuket Town. Dinner at a really great restaurant covered in plants, literally. There were no walls, only hanging orchids between tables. It was amazing. Bec had a mint flavoured slushie and fried pumpkin. After dinner,...

Happy Birthday to me!! Matt and I left Beijing 9/17 for Bangkok and had a great flight on Thai Airways. Only 4 1/2 hours long but we got 3 meals and free alcohol. Not bad. The new airport in Bangkok is a huge glass building that looks like something from a sci-fi movie. Well, we tried to be brave and spend the night in the airport because we only had about 7 hours until our morning flight to Krabi but at about 2:15am I gave up and we went to the hotel counter in...