Wednesday 11 April We tried breakfast at an alternative restaurant this morning and wished we hadn't! Clearly the menu / language barrier had been met and when we thought we were ordering Cornflakes and fruit - the waitress was telling us that they had run out of cornflakes and fruit…and so after waiting and waiting we eventually realised something was wrong. Ended up having the French toast purely because that was the only item on the menu we recognized tha...

Tuesday 10 April Woke at 7am - mainly due to the heat which despite an Air conditioned room was excessive. June and I walked around the local area for 30 minutes - just sussing out the beach etc before we walked back to the apartment to pick up Shelley. We then had a simple breakfast of toast and croissants before hittng the beach. Kata noi beach is much more secluded and quieter than its larger brother - Kata beach. Kata Noi also has fantastic snorkel...

Tuesday 10 April When we planned this trip we realised that the journey from Melbourne to Phuket would be difficult. We had no idea. It didn't help with the fact that I had stayed up until 1am the previous evening, drinking beer and watching United beat QPR 2-0 to go 8 points clear in the premier league! Still - the sign of a true traveller is the ability to sustain log journeys when tired. So, to bed at 1am and then up at 4.30am to catch a taxi to Melbour...

Friday 6 April Had breakfast in the apartment, which consisted of the worlds smallest Weetabix and yoghurt. The kids came over and Simon brought with him 11 months of washing !!! After the 3rd wash we walked down to the Beachcomber restaurant to meet up with cousin Amanda and her partner Shaneen. Really great to meet again after 25 years - lets hope it's not 25 years before we meet up again. The weather was glorious and the restaurant packed with hol...

We arrived late last night into a hot and sweaty Australia. The flight from NZ was fine... short at 2:45 and Jetstar were functional....not elaborate, just functional. Immigration / customs etc were uneventful and we jumped into a taxi for a £50 journey to our accommodation. We dropped Simon and Shelley off (reluctantly) at the coffee palace backpackers and then went on to find our apartment. A lovely room with a kitchenette and washing machine and inter...