Koh Phi PhiWe eventually arrived in Phi Phi around lunchtime the next day. The night boat was comedy with mattresses on the floor, albeit in rather cramped conditions! Thankfully I got a litte bit of sleep although my pillow buddies Sam and Ralph were a little bit close for comfort! My first impressions of Phi phi are rather disappointing unfortunately. I was anticipating it to be a small resort with some great beaches yet it seems to fall within the catchment of...

Thailand - Koh TaoThe overnight bus down to Surat Thani and ensuing ferry boat trip to Koh Tao wasn't too nightmarish, although Sam had a seriously sour bout of sea sickness despite the boat trip only being an hour or so in duration. Poor Sammy pie. Al is doing his 4 day Open Water PADi course here in Koh Tao so we get free accommodation here which is cool! Was considering doing the PADI here as it is cheap but Sam and I decided to wait until Aus and do it at...

I made the executive decision that we should avoid all the hassle of staying in Haad Rin, where the full moon party takes place so instead we are staying in the North West of the island at Chao Phao beach. There is a great beach with several bungalow/guest house jobbies, although the resort itself is rather quiet. Attention is centred around one particualar place that shows movies all day - Nay you would love it! Sam and I arrived at Thong Sala ferry port tired ...

Bangkok baby! Arrived yesterday from Honkers and am currently residing just off the legendary Khao San Road. Feeling a little worse for the wear after meeting up with Yorick last night who is randomly out here on business for a week. Got Al and Sam nicely inaugurated into the filthy bucket cocktails they serve out here. Sadly the night was somewhat curtailed by around 2am - I think they are still clamping down a bit on rowdy nocturnal activity since the coup...

Jaipur On the back of another overnight train journey, we arrived in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, at the unearthly hour of 5am. After finding our accommodation, we dived into bed for a couple of hours kip before meeting up with one of Sam's buddies from law school - Harpreet. The next few days were quite a treat for us since her family own a couple of restaurants in the city. We decided to relax on day 1 and enjoy a 'pool day' in one of the ...