The ferry to Ko Lanta from Phi Phi on Sat 25 Feb took just over an hour which was great. As expected we were greeted off the boat by lots of hotel touts and tuk tuks but they were actually quite pushy here, more so than anywhere else we have been in the south islands of thailand. At one point And and I had become separated for a minute and one tout actually followed me, pushing a leaflet against my arm over and over despite me saying 'no thank you, no thank you' ...

On Thursday 23rd Feb we left Ton Sai beach (the home of rock climbing) and got the boat over to Phi Phi which took 1.5 hours.We were sad to leave Ton Sai as it was so stunning and had mixed feeling about going to Phi Phi; we sort of felt it was somewhere we should go but we thought it would be a bit too touristy for us - but boy are we glad we went!! As always on the islands we had to wade into the water at Ton Sai beach and then climb onto a longtail boat wit...

We exited Burma on Sunday 19th Feb and did the immigration run in reverse. All went very straightforwardly and Burma immigration gave us back our passports as agreed! Again there was lots of boat climbing and balancing acts with our rucksacks, we are becoming pros at that now and are thinking about joining a circus out here to make some extra cash! Mission accomplished…new 15 day visa for the rest of Thailand! Result. After returning to Thailand we headed on a ...

What an adventure!!! From Kho Phagnan we left at 6.30am on Friday 17th Feb and got the boat and then the bus to Suratthani, over on the mainland in Thailand. When getting off the boat on Sak Pier we were really lucky and saw lots of dolphins swimming past as we walked up the long pier, some were pink dolphins too which was very exciting!! From Surathani we got a bus to Ranong, which is the border town on the Thai side of the Thai Burma border. We had hoped we mig...

We were able to get a 2 hour direct boat from Kho Tao to Kho Phagnan on 15th Feb, in time for the half moon party that night (or so we thought!!). We arrived on Kho Phangang having not pre booked anywhere to stay and were met by lots of hotel touts on the pier, as seems to be the trend on the islands. Andrew had seen somewhere on the internet called 'Two Rocks Bungalows' near the 'Baan Tai' beach area which looked cheap and so we took a chance and went there ...