We're spending the night in a little port town called Mersing as we arrived too late to catch the boat to Tioman island so thought i'd keep on top of the blog to kill time, doesnt seem like theres a lot to do round here in the evenings! After getting absolutely soaked through getting out of the train station in Sungai Kolok at the Thai/Malaysia border we hopped in a cab with two other westerners and were driven the 5 minute walk to the border checkpoints. In h...

So, let me think...It's been about two weeks since I last did this, memory block! After landing on Koh Phi Phi and marvelling at how clear the water was compared to the other beaches we've seen so far we approached the usual army of guesthouse touts competing for our business. Normally we'd find a decent priced cheap room no trouble but as Koh Phi Phi is such a popular tourist destination and so full of resorts the chances of finding something cheap were quite s...