Day 86 21st feb It's about 4am and I'm awake.... This is not particularly unusual, the unusual aspect is that I'm not alone.... Shiree is also awake.... The local cats, that can't muster up the energy to even open there eyes during the day use the cool morning air to settle the differences, and there's obviously been a rift in the camp for some time. An hour of protracted screeching and meowing doesn't appear to of resolved anything so Shiree, who's stood on t...

Day 85 20th feb As 8 o'clock clicks by we're both awake.... Shiree's horrific evening mood from yesterday has merged into a happy one and she's in her element handing out a selection of gifts and cards... It's a nice start to the day, topped of by coffee in bed thats accompanied by a pink birthday cake with hearts on it... It's about 3 inch by 3 inch and around 1 inch deep..... It's a good job it's no bigger.. It's lovely, I'm very happy with it and its very t...

Day 84 19th feb We get up around 8 o'clock and head off to a French bakery that Shiree's eagle eye spotted among the Thai food shops on yesterday's walk. We arrive by 09.10 and order a typically French breakfast of black tea with a Pain au Chocolat for me and black tea with a plain Croissant for Shiree... We sit down with the sole intention of blog and diary writing... The place has a good wifi network to which makes life easy.... We are here for hours and be...

Day 83 18th feb We awake from a good nights sleep... The hotel room is modern comfortable and clean so sleep is no issue.. We sit around the out door table to have breakfast.. You can tell the owner is western, the tea and coffee are great, and although the cereals are simple there just what you'd get at home... It's really nice, as are the owners themselves who we spend the next hour or more talking with.... Having had enough tea for one morning I take mysel...

Day 82 17th feb I'm up an hour before the alarm clock time and slowly open the front door onto the beach whilst trying to keep the place dark.... It's official..... I don't sleep in "rustic" places... There's sand everywhere, the wind blows continuously and there a dampness in the air from the sea which gets into everything.... Now don't get me wrong, I'm very happy to be here... It's the nicest place we've stayed at in Asia by a mile and we don't really wa...