We left Koh Phangan with a heavy heart, early on the 7th of October. Me and Kim both brought the cheapest possible boat ticket from the hotel next to our's (as are hotel was charging another 150 bhat per ticket), which meant we left hat salad at 11am. We made friends with three Irish girls from Belfast on the boat, little did we know at the time but we would spend most of are nights in Kot Tao in their company.On the boat journey to Koh Tao, i spoke to a dive rep...

Koh Phangan, an island not far north of Koh Samui was our next stop. We stayed in Had Salad on the North of the island. The resort was really nice, on the beach with a fresh water pool and HOT shower!! We had a few days on the beach, very long and pretty quiet, and by the pool. Along the beach were several resorts and just behind were a few shops, cheaper restaurants and bars. Our favourite restaurant was called JayJays, the staff were all lovely and the food wa...

Apologies for lack of updates - been really lazy! It seemed to take AGES to get from Krabi to Koh Samui! It started off with a longtail boat - which we had to meet out at sea carrying our bags and rolling up our shorts so not to get too wet in the thigh high water. We spent a few hours in Krabi town, not very attractive but really cheap. Later on after a few more bus rides we jumped on the night boat. About thirty thin and small mattresses lined up against each ...

My self and Kim left Koh Phi Phi on the 24th and arrived in Krabi town that afternoon. We had read and also heard from other travelers, that Railey was the place the best plce for backpackers in Krabi. We hopped on a shabby bus - which we were surprised got us to the long tail boats! The long tail boat consisted of mouldy white seats, broken wooden boards beneath the windows and a rusty old wheel and gearstick! The longtail boat was pretty slow but we arived an...

We arrived in Koh Phi Phi Don after a two hour ferry journey from Phuket. The place is sunny and much prettier than seedy Phuket. The first day we went to the beach, a five minute walk from where we are staying. We took a day trip out on a long boat. We saw all the monkeys before snorkelling around Phi Phi Lay. Simon loved watching allthe fish and spotted Nemo, I was just freaked out! Some Japanese people on the boat were feeding them so our boat was surrounded!...