Bangkok - 2nd time We had a bit of a nightmare time travelling from phi phi back to bangkok. Thought we'd spend a it more and get a flight, for the sake of convinience. Actually it took us longer than it would have done to get a coach. However, after a very delayed flight, Rach and I finally made it to khao San Road, where we met up with Tim and his brother Simon, who were already well into their 2nd 'bucket'. Rach and I managed to catch up fairly qu...

Koh Phi Phi Me Rach, Al and Ralf all had our final island experience in phi phi. We thought it was going to be a peaceful and tranquil island - it turns out that tourism a has had a bit of an imoact and its bar and club central! The beaches were awesome though made it all worthwhile. We even got to see the famous becah from the film 'The Beach'. Sadly it wasn't quite as desolate as in the film! Al and Ralf did dome MORE diving - they just can'...

Bit behind on the journal - so I apologise! Also means that I have forgotten a lot of what happened so the next couple of entries might be a bit rubbish. The main reason most people visit Koh Samui is for the full moon party. Boat loads of people arrive once a month and boat loads of people leave again a few days later (after a few days recovery). We stayed in the north of the island, which is really quiet. There was basically one hotel with a good restuarant/ba...

Bit behind on the journal - so I apologise! Also means that I have forgotten a lot of what happened so the next couple of entries might be a bit rubbish. The main reason most people visit Koh Samui is for the full moon party. Boat loads of people arrive once a month and boat loads of people leave again a few days later (after a few days recovery). We stayed in the north of the island, which is really quiet. There was basically one hotel with a good restuarant/ba...

Bit behind on the journal - so I apologise! Also means that I have forgotten a lot of what happened so the next couple of entries might be a bit rubbish. The main reason most people visit Koh phan ngan is for the full moon party. Boat loads of people arrive once a month and boat loads of people leave again a few days later (after a few days recovery). We stayed in the north of the island, which is really quiet. There was basically one hotel with a good restuarant...