SUCCESS! I actually caught the shuttle bus back to Seoul this time! Steph and Barry came with me to see me off and had kindly put together a little travel package for me which included, cheese sandwiches, some beauty products and an english magazine, amazing! I've had such a great time in Korea and mainly because I got to see close family which is exactly what I needed :) Steph - I know you said you were sorry you had to work and couldn't do more stuff, but it'...

When we landed in Seoul the captain did an announcement that it was someone's birthday on board and 'happy birthday' started playing down the speakers and everyone sang and then gave a round of applause! It was 11pm when we landed and I had noted directions to the hostel I wanted to stay at called Sunrise Hostel which required me to get a 90 minute bus. For once i managed to actually complete that leg of transport successfully and without drama...but then turned...

Arrived at Kuala Lumpur around 8pm and had no idea where to go. Before my bus arrived to take me to KL I went on the Internet for 2 seconds to at least get a name of a hostel off hostelworld.com and made a mental note of a place called "Sunshine Bedz" (highly rated). So when i arrived in KL centre I was pretty near an Internet cafe so went in to ask directions/look it up online, and turns out a guy overheard me asking and he knew the owner! So he kindly said if I...

Ive been on Koh Phagnan for about 6 or 7 days, bearing in mind I didnt plan on coming here AT ALL thats quite a while. I planned to go staight from Koh Tao to another island further south, possibly Phi Phi or Koh Lanta, however Phangan is only 2 hours from Tao and although it is renowned for being a 'party' island id heard that there are some beautiful quiet beaches further north, so I decided to investigate! Koh Phangan is known by packpackers and peple around...

I slept surprisingly well on the night ferry, actually not that shocking seeing as I normally sleep like a rock. I once fell out of the top bunk on the canal boat in my sleep and didn't wake up... A minivan picked a few of us up from the pier at Surat Thani and dropped us off at the main bus station. I had an hour or so to kill here so cracked open my first tea bag that Adam had given me in a letter before I left! Can't believe I'd waited this long to be honest...