In transit back to Koh Samui today. The weather was good and the crossing easy. I wasn't feeling brilliant today, I felt slightly heady. I am getting paranoid that I may have a stomach infection similar to Giardia or Giardia itself - I hope not. Ju is convinced I have lost weight, but I am not so sure. We haven't been eating much as the portions are small and we have been skipping lunch as it's to warm to eat. We managed to find a place to stay in Koh Samui at La...

Today was our last day on Koh Tao before heading back to Koh Samui, and we made the most of our time on Sairee beach. Luckily we had another gorgeous day of sunshine. The tide was so high thid morning there was no beach left which made my morning run a bit tricky. Luckily the water was gorgeously clear so I spent longer than normal swimming my lengths of our bit of beach, and was pleased to see Scott join me halfway through. After brekkie and emailing at a beach...

I must be nearly time to come home - I spent five hours in a cafe using the internet to send emails to my contacts in an attempt to drum up some work for when I get home. I popped back this morning to reply to a few responses. This time I had Julia with me and I enjoyed an English breakfast (not like the one's back home though) and Julia had smoked salmon with poached egg . We headed back to the beach around 11am and spent the rest of the day lounging. We did a g...

Still on a high from our fantastic round the island snorkelling trip yesterday, we spent the day relaxing in the sunshine and the sea with Andy and Jodie, regailing them with all the stories of the underwater world from the day before. I'd even seen a baby shark! We have spent a good while at Sairee beach now and the days on the beach are all fairly samey, so not too much to report really. In the evening I had the most beautifully tender and fresh whole white sn...

A snorkelling we will go, a snorkelling we will go, hey ho, hey ho, a snorkelling we will go. Equalize the pressure, that's what I remember my instructor telling me many years ago when I went diving in Majorca. These words initially echoed in my mind as I snorkelled deeper and deeper into the inky depths below. I could feel the pressure from the water push against my ear drums. It's quite incredible how much weight water produces even at a shallow depth. Ju had t...