We arrived in Bangkok late on thursday night and didn't have much trouble finding some cheap and reasonably good accomadation. We were absolutely shattered from the journey and so quickly grabbed some food and had a wander down the Khao San road before bed. Friday was a reasonably relaxed day of exploring and finding our feet in Bangkok. We also found a Muay Thai boxing gym, which we thought might be a fun thing to try the following day. In the evening we grabbe...

We arrived in Ko Tao after a sleepy boat journey over from Ko Phangnan and had to haul our bags up and down hills in search of somewhere to stay! Eventually we found a nice little bungalow on a cliff overlooking the sea with a nice little patio. After the exertions of the fullmoon all we really wanted to do was relax for a few days. So we went to the beach a lot and played a lot of chess on our patio. The Ko Tao Chess masters series ended in a 9-8 victory to me w...

Wow what an insane few days.We arrived on Ko Phangan mid afternoon and started our customary search for somewhere to live. Unfortunately an hour later and we were still no better off although probably somewhat fitter having dragged our heavy packs up and down hills in 30degree heat! Eventually some said they had space and offered us a lift to the hostel. A terrifying moped ride ensued scaling ridiculously steep and bumpy roads with all our bags! Once we arrived w...

The following day we got up reasonably late and headed straight for the beach where we sunbathed and swam until around 430pm. Upon arrival back at the appartment to get out of the sun I realised that despite use of factor 30 suncream I had burned. Pretty rubbish! So we just relaxed inside until dinner time when we went back to Chaweng. We grabbed some extremly tasty food and then headed back to the same bar as the night before. There we met a load of people from ...

We had a fairly long journey across to Ko Samui from Phuket by minibus and then ferry, mostly filled by sleep, harry potter and playing psp. Upon arrival it was obvious that it was worth the effort as we have an apartment close to the beach and the weather was so much nicer. We headed straight for the beach and into the water to cool off. The water was like getting into a tepid bath, but still did the trick. Having been couped up for a long period of time I decid...