Ok after feeling a bit rough on the first day, we weren't in the mood to dive but we did anyway and what an experiance. This is by far the place to be we spent about 8 days here instead of the planned 4, the diving was amazing the atmosphere was class and the setting was out of this world. Our diving instructor was all the way from derry and a great bloke who we went out drinking with most nights there was a pool the weather was fantastic the food was amazing...

Full moon oh baby, After leaving our new camera in a pub half pissed and having to back tract to get it we finally got on a speed boat about 10.30 for the 20 min crossing to partyville. We got a couple of whisky buckets and plonked ourselves down on the busiest beach I have ever seen. Fireshows, fireworks, music, millions of people and an amazing atmosphere and all on a beach woo hoo, Football was on the big screen chealse got beat everyone was dancing pissing in...

After a hellish bus journey we arrived in the beautiful island of ko samui, and had a lovely meal after a hard days travel on the beach, Thje weather here is even hotter and but from the fact that fi got bit to s*** on the first night a lovely place the beach is fantastic long golden sand and lots to do we only spent two nights here as we managed to brass neck a free speed boat to the full moon on the next island ko phan ang Party Time !!!!!!

Stayed in a place called au nan hear although the spelling is probably wrong. We bumped into the scottish guy gareth from phi phi and had a few drinks and a free irish barbaque over a game of pool, also which is freaky he said he was here to meet a mate which turns out to be dennis from camp america I guy I lived woth for 2 months in America in 2002 small world or what and even better hes a diving instructor now so he was able to fill us in and set us on the righ...

Got the boat to phi phi managing to get a free snorkel and later sun glasses. This is the island I am telling you. They filmed the beach here and it is paradise although hit bad by the tsumani it seems to be getting back to former glory. The atmosphere is eletric and totally deicated to backpackers. there are more chill out bars than anywhere we have been and the beaches are quite but amazing. We bumped into pete and gwen and had a meal on the stalls and the next...