Koh Tao On arriving at the boat pier, it is already pretty busy and the heat is absolutely sweltering....assuming positions under the sun shelter we await the arrival of our transport... And wait...and wait....of course the boat is late! When it finally arrives, there is a rush to get on board (illogical – as with boarding the plane. It can’t leave until we are all on!) We are just pleased to see it looks sea-worthy and is comfy! Our only 2 requirements. Th...

Koh Samui and Koh Phangan The journey to Surrat Thani hasd been fairly straightforward. We were pleased to be on a decent sized coach. On our arrival into what we thought was Surrat Thani we were a little confused to see that most of the passengers were disembarking (with the exception of the 6 or so western tourists). Assuming they would of course tell us if we needed to get off...we simply sat back and waited. Andy then noticed his backpack had been unloaded...

Time for a bit of a blog catch up! To Krabi and Beyond! So, when the minibus arrives to collect us from Papillon, we are glad to see it looks relatively modern. On closer inspection...it looks to be full already. More fool us! Of course it is possible to squeeze more people in there. Once our backpacks are safely stowed, resting on other passengers feet nonetheless, we are then directed to hop in the front and sit with the driver. Great – this will be nice a...

Phuket & Koh Phi Phi & Koh Lanta After our nice, straightforward flight from Penang, (including an annoying stop in KL) we reach Phuket without a hitch. We are glad to be collected from the airport (Pineapple Guesthouse where we are staying, have arranged a taxi for us!) It is a good 45 minute drive to resort area of Kata where we are staying, but it’s a nice relaxing journey, especially knowing we have a fair bit of ‘chill out’ time coming up. W...

Tuk tuks ahoy! Sad to leave Singapore, as we have come to feel very at home, we had a fairly non-eventful flight out to Bangkok ( except for commotion at Changi airport caused by a lady being deported, but refusing to board the plane – her picnic was definitely a sandwich short....) Singapore continued to impress us up until the very last moment – this time it was their “mobile post office service” that worked wonders. This little postman-pat style van ...