Ok so after a day of cinema fun in Bangkok we thought we better get back on the road again. We took the flashy sky train to the most northern stop, then in sweltering heat walked to the bus station where we caught a bus to Prachin Buri, the jumping off point for Khoa Yai national park. When we arrived we were a bit bemused as there was no one around fighting for our business, we were on the main street, not a westerner in sight and utterly clueless at what t...

So we left the parties behind and got the boat to the most northerly of the islands, Ko Tao, which apparently translates as 'Turtle Island' but you'd need to drink a fair bit of Samsong Whisky for it to look like one! It's pretty much dedicated to snorkelling and diving and is pretty much the cheapest place in the world to get your PADI certificates done (it gives out 5% of the world's in total!). I had never tried diving before but thought this would be the per...

So Koh Phangan: laid-back traveller party island! Which is pretty much all i did. In the days i lazed around on the beaches and swam in the turqouise seas and at night i partied till it got light. To be honest i don't really know what i was running on, did 4 nights of dancing on the beach with about 8 hours sleep total between them. Absolutley loved it. Met lots of cool people and shared many a vodka-red bull bucket with them. As the girls were about to leave t...

After Phi Phi we went to rainy Phang-Nga a quiet town where we, strangely for Thailand, saw very few Westerners. We ate all our meals in a lovely little family run cafe trying out all the local delights. The next day we went on a tour of the limestone cliffs and 'James Bond Island' feauturing in the 'The Man with the Golden Gun'. We went sea kayaking through caves and had a delicous Thai lunch in a local fishing village. Next stop was Koh Sok national park the ...

Arrived on Phi Phi to crystal clear seas and white sandy beaches, took a long boat round to 'Long Beach' where we checked in to two cute bungalows right on the beach. We went straight for a swim then booked in to go diving the next day. How ever night Sam got very sick she was found collapsed and hyperventerlating in the bathroom by the lovely Thai ladies who immediatly came and got us. She basically lost all control at both ends, when she was lying on the bathro...