The next chapter of our story begins back in Cairns where we spent the whole day after our drive back from Port Douglas. We took some time to gather ourselves as the last few days were really draining, coping with the hot sun and warm seas! We had been in contact with friends from back home - Kara and Jason - who just so happened to arrive at the same time so we met up for drinks. They have been travelling for a bit longer then us and had hired a campervan to t...

So have you missed us? Sorry about the belated update but things have been, shall we say a little hectic! Last time we spoke, we had a long journey to overcome, which in total took us 34 hours of non-stop travelling. It was pretty eventful; buses breaking down, Thai dubbed films, surreal roadside food halls and three flights that we boarded on time. We eventually arrived at 8 o'clock in the morning and our journey of Australia swiftly began. We arranged a hire...

So after a very busy last few days we are now both certified divers. When we missed our flight to Phuket we met a dive instructor from Khao Lak called Tuk. He told us about where he worked and that they operated a liveaboard in the Similan Islands, which is, exactly where we wanted to dive. When we arrived, we headed down to see the shop and were very impressed, they were really helpful and explained everything we needed to know, so we booked it on the spot. We...

Last time we left you we were leaving Phi Phi to get the boat to Railay, when we seen a rather bizarre site. Walking to the shop to get water we come across a baby in a pram being protected by a very defensive guard monkey dressed in clothes- very surreal! The journey to Railay was only an hour and went pretty quickly. As they don't have a port you have to transfer over in the sea to a long-tail boat and then wade in through the shallows. The next part of th...

So we decided that it was time to head to the islands and hit up some of the beaches starting with Phuket. However first, we had to get there and that turned out to be a little harder then we first imagined. We booked our flights and headed to Bangkok International where we checked into our flight with Air Asia. We went to what we assumed to be the designated gate due to the signs and notices stating our gate number, and waited for departure. Ten minutes bef...