A farewell to jonny and i set sail for Koh Phi Phi. Another ferry boat back to the mainland. This one, far far less luxurious than the previous one and its how I imagine illegal immigrants were smuggled across the sea. The room- a bare room with rugs on the floor and numbers along the walls. Each person was assigned a number and a rug, dimensions maybe 50cm by 125cm, and that's it. Rug number and 10 hours 7pm to 5am, good night. We arrive somewhere onto the coast...

Another high speed catamaran takes us from koh phangan to thailands scuba mekka koh tao. Our prayers are answered and the trip is not as bad as the first one, still extremely choppy and made us feel slightly queasy, but not as bad. We are greeted off the boat by a mass of people shouting and trying to convince us to go to their diving school. Luckily (tideous link) the cousin of a work friend of jonnys is a partner in a diving school and Jonny had arranged for us...

Following the genius idea to stay awake all night for our flight to Surat Thani... A killer journey was what lay ahead of us! Jonny and I wait dreary eyes in the airport, aimlessly wandering from check in to immigration to the gate where we collapse in a pile of tiredness and an ever present taste of Thai whiskey. The flight for me was simple, I fell asleep. But Jonny tells me it was a long drawn out journey with his inability to sleep on planes. Finally arriving...

The start of a mammoth bus journey to Bangkok from siem reap. Another bright start but who's counting. Taxi is an hour late to pick me up. Classic. Arrive at the bus station and it's slightly more organised compared to previous trips and I do in fact have a seat reservation. So 7 hours next to a little old man with a terrible cough who just loved to cough up his phlegm into a tissue, look at it for a while and then put it into his pocket until the next episode. ...

6am start and we all manage to have some sleep for the 6 hour journey ahead. Arriving into siem reap bus station was a mass of taxi drivers and touts all trying to get your custom. Luckily I booked a pick up through the hostel and we have a free ride to Popular Guesthouse. Quick check in and change and we tuk tuk to the temples. We had a late start so missed the famous sunrise and only had 3 hours to spend roaming the temples. The ticket office was obviously conf...