After leaving Ko Phangan, I flew to Bangkok for a couple of days to work out where exactly I was going to head next. So after thumbing through th the Lonely Planet I plucked for a trip upto Khao Yai National park where I'd sign up for some trekking and hopefully see some wildlife. May be the a cheeky monkey here or there, and catch a sight of some elephants roaming free. Now don't get me wrong it's a nice enough place, but the problem with it is that it covers ...

I went over to Ko Phangan for the Full Moon party a bit earlier than I wanted but I was getting a bit twitchy as people were leaving Ko Tao in their droves. I'd heard all about this thing, and didn't want to be in the middle of the carnage so when I got off the boat I headed for the quieter area of Baan Thai for a place to stay. However I say quiet, it was more like a ghost town when I trundled down to the beach to look for a place to stay. So I took the plunge...

After meeting James and Fabby I needed a bit of a break from the Singha beer. I knew that Ko Tao was the place to get my Open Water PADI certification so I was looking forward to doing something a bit constructive. I found Siam Diving in Sairee beach that chucked in free accomodation with the Open Water. They gave me a bungalow which was a bit of a bonus. The course involves theory and testing, with a confined water dive, and 4 open water dives upto 18m. The con...

I've been to Koh Samui before and had a great time, but the reason for the revisit was to see James and Fabby whose wedding I missed. So I was going to hook up with them for a few days and gatecrash their honeymoon. Originally I was going to spend a night in Bangkok before heading down there, but when I flew in from Vietnam I was able to get the next flight down in only so skipped the night in Bangkok. Anyway after checking into a beach hut Bo Phut, I headed do...