Day 1 Arrived to Elephant Nature Park around 9am. We were shown around the park and got to meet a few of the elephants. One of them was blind. It was used for logging in Burma, it's baby passed away so the elephant refused to work. To force it to work they stabbed it in it's eyes. This is just the start of the cruelty that we are learning about that is happening to domestic elephants in Asia. There are no laws to protect domestic elephants in Thailand. Basically...

After being poorly we all fancied staying somewhere a bit more upmarket. This wasn't in Sam and Lindsey's budget so they went to find a hostel. We are staying in a town called Ao Nang. The beach here isn't that nice but we are close to Railay beach which is where we wanted to head to. Had a quiet evening as all still felt like we needed to recover. Headed to Railay beach in the morning, Chels stayed at the hotel as she felt poorly still. We got a long boat to Ra...

Got a ferry across from Koh Lanta to Koh Phi Phi. This is the island where the film 'The Beach' was filmed. It's also supposed to be a bit of a party island. Took a while to find a hostel and a few we looked at were vile. Eventually found one on the beach. It started to rain so we decided to go out for some food. It was already pretty lively in the town. The town is full of shops, restaurant and bars. Also loads of stalls selling various cocktail buckets for a fe...

After we got in last night there was a frog in the bathroom, obviously I couldn't go near it. Chels ended up chasing it around with a broom. Sarah got the last cockroach out last time. They are sick of me being a wimp, so apparently it is my turn to get the next creature. Yuck! Spent the following day by the beach and pool. Swam out to a massive rock with Sam and Lindsey and got covered in cuts from the rock. It clouded over in the afternoon so we hired scooters...

Took a ferry from Koh Lipe to Koh Lanta, it was around 5 hours. The boat was empty so we got a row of seats each. Didn't feel sea sick this time luckily, but it was pretty choppy as it was raining. Arrived in Koh Lanta around 4pm. Met by the usual swarm of taxi/ tuk tuk drivers asking you where you are going. Told the hotel we wanted and they quoted us 600tbht. We thought this seemed expensive so went to a restaurant to use wifi and try and find prices for a tuk ...