It's the first day of advent and we feel far from festive. It's hard to imagine that everyone back home is going through winter! Today has not been a great day for Siobh. As hinted on yesterday's blog - something had made her really quite ill - quite possibly last nights dinner, as that is the only thing she ate that I didn't. We delayed our plans to move on to Ko Lanta and booked an extra night on Phi Phi. She spent all day rotating from bed to bathroom. I ...

Fresh as a daisy we were up and at 'em. No Changovers in sight we headed for our last breakfast with D&D. It seems nothing opens until 10 in Khao Lak and it was only 9am. After wandering around for 20 minuets we gave in and headed back for breakfast at out guesthouse. We took to the beach with the last couple of hours we had left with D&D. The beach was rocky and nothing spectacular, especially after some of the beaches we have seen so far in Thailand...

Another morning of being awoken by the sun shining and the waves crashing. Today we are moving off from Koh Phayam and heading south towards Phuket. Breakfast eaten and bags packed we all jumped on our motorbike taxis back across the island to the pier we had arrived two days ago. We sat and had a drink on the beachfront while waiting for the speed boat to come in from Ranong. A quick 40 minuets later we were back on the river opening of Ranong, off the boa...

Nothing beats a day of no travel, especially when you are awoken by the sun glimmering through your bedroom window and remembering that your on a paradise island in the middle of nowhere. Up, pee, cup of tea, and walk 20 steps to the beach. Good morning! We lazed around on the beach and Dons and Buller soon rose and joined us. More of the same for the next few hours. The waves were again crashing in and provided a playground with the body boards. We walked ...

We were up and ready to leave early this morning. Everyone's sleep wasn't the greatest so we were keen to get up and out. This morning the sun was shining and there was not a cloud to be seen. Boat tickets were purchased and we sat down for a drink before we departed for Ko Phayam. The speed boat ride was a quick 40 minuet ride out along the river and into the andaman sea. We arrived at the dock and jumped on a motorbike taxi each and headed for the opposite ...