So our two and a half months in Thailand are over, we've had an incredible time from cruising around the mountains in the north, exploring national parks and cities in central Thailand to relaxing and partying in the beautiful south islands. Bangkok is where we spent our first Christmas away from home, it was such a strange feeling but Bangkok became a bit of a home for us, we fell in love with the place instantly. We ended going there 6 times. Koh Chang is whe...

We waved our friends off at Koh Tao and headed to its sister island, Koh Pha Ngan. This is home to the famous full moon parties and was the reason we were going as the full moon fell on the 25th. We knew it was going to be busy so we booked accommodation on the internet and made sure we were well away from Haad Rin, the beach where the full moon party is held. We found a nice place in the north of the island and jumped on two motorbike taxis from the pier. A...

Up early and heading to Koh Tao, it was a pretty straight forward trip, a boat, a minivan, a bus followed by two more boats, suffice to say we arrived safe and sound in sunny Koh Tao. There is only really one reason to come to Koh Tao and that is for diving. We checked into a hotel and headed straight to a dive shop that had been recommended to us, and within an hour of being on the island we were booked on to do two fun dives the following day....exciting! That ...

Our first thoughts when we arrived at Railay were 'what a dump'. We had spent the previous day on a bus from Phuket to Krabi with holiday blues, by the time we arrived there were no more boats heading to Railay. We found a cheap hotel and spent the night there before getting a boat in the morning. Railay is made up of a thin strip of land with a beach on the west and mangroves on the east. The west is the expensive side and the east cheaper. We arrived on the c...

After an uncomfortable 12 hour bus journey we arrived in Phuket Town, we had a whole day to kill until we were meeting Pete's parents Avril and Michael, they were meeting us for a two week holiday. Phuket Town isn't really a nice place, it's a bit grotty, theres nothing there to attract people to it. Pete was hoping the rest of the island was as he remembered it when he came 6 years ago, beautiful. We spent the morning catching up on downloading photos etc. At ab...