Heading to Koh Phi Phi from Ko Tao..haha well this was an interesting experience! We just made it to the pier before the boat left having just done a night dive and completed our advanced diving course. Byron and me put our packs on a mound of luggage and stepped on board..all we could do was laugh! It was row upon row of thin narrow mattresses not even broad enough to match my shoulders..sitting down on the lower deck where there was no fans, next to the toilet,...

Koh Tao!! Looking forward to doing some diving! Alittle nervous but I'm sure it will be wicked! I got the ferry from Koh Phangan and soon enough I was on Koh Tao wondering where and what to do haha! I found a man (or he found me!) and he spoke about the biggest diving school on the island. Thought it sounded good so I went along to check it out. It was called Big Blue Diving and sure enough it did look very popular. The price seemed reasonable campared to everyw...

Leaving Chiang Mai I took a trip to Chiang Rai to take a look at the Golden Triangle. It is a place where Thailand, Laos and Burma all meet and home to Opium Island. It was a nice little day trip and worth a visit especially since we stopped off at a very strange temple called the white temple. Really beautiful on the outside it was definitely the most detailed temple I had seen on my travels. A section of Hell where hands reached out of the earth was quite freak...

Leaving Laos.. Had such a great time here and am so glad I extended my stay in Asia to see what it had to offer; some awesome people and some great memories which I will never forget. I'm a big fan of Laos! So my next plan of action was the slow boat to Thailand. It took around 2 days to reach the border sailing up along the Mekong Delta; the biggest river in Asia. I could have caught the speed boat which would only take about 7 hours to do the entire length but...