Bit of an overdue blog........ currently in the Philippines - another destination never planned on our trip, but great dive sites and some people that we have met convinced us to come here..... and we're really glad they did! Flying into Manila from Boreno, we came travelled through the capital city, noticing both the poverty and the abudance of fast food chains. We stayed in Manila for 2 days - as it was over the easter weekend everything was closed, which wa...

After a little accident involving losing / misplacing / leaving our passports in Koh Samui Tim, Alan and i headed back to Pucket to recieve a very welcome delivery at Pucket airport ( infact it wasn't only our passports, but tickets home, Diving certificate, the lot). As Tim and I have only a 30 tourist visa we were cutting it fine to do a visa run to anther country and then re-enter thailand - getting another tourist visa. As we were at Phucket airport we de...

Arriving on Phi Phi yesterday was amazing. The bluest water and so many fish. Unfortunatley we made the mistake of looking like desperate backpackers and chosing the first hotel / hostel we came to. so now there is Alan, Tim and I in one room, with one fan and a few muchy house guests. Funny thing is - it really doesn't matter. This island is heaven itself! everyone is happy & friendly. All the other islands around here are equaly as magical. Today we w...

On friday, at 6pm Tim, Matt, Alan and I were waiting on a crowded Bangkok roundabout waiting for a coach which we had oragnised earlier in the day. After many warnings from guide books about hoax travel agents and scams, when it reached 6:45 we began to wonder if we had been had. One of the travel agents had earlier lead us to the road, advised us to stay there, and wait for a red double decked coach to arrive. A few minutes later he drove off on a scooter, still...

Post 10 hour Journey to Sri Lanka, 4 hour stop over and another 3 hours to Bangkok, we arrive slightly tired and dirty, but the with the addition of our new friend Matt. He is traveling alone round Thailand, and We met him in a bar in Sri Lanka, while waiting for our connecting flight. Bonding after over priced airport drinks, the three of us shared a taxi into Bangkok. Matt helped us find our hotel and then we met up post shower. Heading towards Ko Sang road, ...