Phuket: Terry the tortoise! By Mike Before I start, I should first clear something up. During our trip we will be doing some island hopping, not “some island hooping” as it says on the front page of our blog site. I noticed this the other day and wondered what sick Thai sex craze you all must be thinking we are getting up to! Dave had told me about a place in Phuket called “Southern Fried Rice”. I had asked him where he stayed so at first I wasn’t su...

Ko Phi Phi Don: "Sharks can smell urine 200 miles away!" By Gill Sawasadee ka! Hello from the island that was made famous by the film The Beach starring Leonardo De Caprio! But before I go on any more about Phi Phi, let me tell you about leaving Krabi. We booked our ferry ticket at our bungalow reception desk for the 9.30am crossing. On reflection this was foolish as we never rise before midday and usually finish breakfast around 2ish but being o...

Krabi: “Don't say vinegar, say Sarsons” We have found it harder to keep up with the blog this time around. Because the kids are older and can stay up later, we have stayed up most nights until midnight or beyond. The fact that Louis can tell the time now is also not helping. It has been lovely staying out with the kids and it has meant that we can go to many more places but we used to be able to put them to bed whenever it suited us or whenever we had had en...

Return of the Blog: Bangkok After a 12 month absence, and a fair amount of requests the blog is back online once again. This time our first destination is steamy Bangkok but it would not be in line with our other blog entries if we simply started in Bangkok. The journey there often created as much of a story as the time spent in most places we visited last time. Surprisingly, this trip from Manchester went with very little “kerfuffle” at all. Everyone came ...