Arriving in Phuket via ferry, we had mixed emotions as people had been warning us that Phuket has been totally ruined and that we wouldnt enjoy it. Anyway we managed to find a good deal for a really decent hotel room in Patong (yes we braved it, we wanted to see it for ourselves). We took a look around Phuket in the day looking at the market stools and at night we went to a Cabaret Show (simon cabaret) after the show we saw in Gran Canaria on holiday this show wa...

A bit of a dissapointment, the place we stayed the pool was filthy the beach was littered with rubbish, the food was expensive! A big change from Phi Phi, we realised we should have come here first so as not to be disapointed! We would not go back to Koh Lanta again!

Next Stop Phi Phi!! When the ferry pulls up to Phi Phi pier you see the beauty of the island and its beaches straight away. First we stayed on Rantee Bay, which was deserted except for one other Deutch couple. The beach was nice and the accomodation very basic with rats, there were so many mosquitos here that after being eaten alive in Koh Sok we didnt fancy it again so after one night we got a longtail back to the pier. That night we decided we were going to ...

We took the lonley planets advice and stayed in a very clean hostel in the centre of Krabi town, not realising just how far away the beach was. Luckily you could get a tuk tuk for 50baht so it wasnt too bad. after hearing a lot of criticism about Ao Nang beach we wanted to check it out for ourselves and we found a white sand beach with beautiful water, and wished we didnt take advice from the lonely plant (it seems to be wrong a lot). The next day we went on a ...

We travelled by ferry and minibus from Koh Phangan to get to Koh Sok, once arriving we checked into the jungle huts, which were definatly true to there name being surounded by thick jungle. The next day we booked to go on a tour of the rainforest for 2 days and one night, we stayed on a rafthouse (a floating hut on the river) The tour included getting a long tail boat along the river to the rafthouse were we left our small bags, we then enjoyed swimming (after b...