Our last day Woke up with a degree of sadness mixed with excitement After writing up the blog and a few last postcards, had breakfast and are now lying on our day bed.Even at 9.30am it's too hot to lay out in the sun.Have to remember to collect our laundry before we start packing our suitcases around midday. Will finish the blog finally once home and then we're getting it printed in hardback!So it's the last chance for the message board… We've had an am...

Anniversary Despite promising ourselves a lie in, we were awake at 0630. Decided at that point we might as well stay awake. Came round to the chords of Pachabel playing on the i-pod speakers and reminisced about our wedding day. We hadn't thought 3 months ahead when we packed: Annelise had picked up some anniversary cards along the way and I handed over a "cotton" present: a new bikini. (not technically cotton, I know) We had ordered breakfast for 9...

We awoke with good intentions of hiring a scooter and exploring the island. This plan was abandoned by 9 as we decided we'd just prefer to hang out at Miskawaan all day. After the mango and papaya had gone down, we kicked off the day with pool bat and ball, setting a new record longest rally. I then set about catching up with the blog whilst A-lo piled through another Jodi Picoult novel. Sky was blue, waves lapped against the shore, branches were swaying in th...

Alarm sounded at 645. Cook was up and breakfast already prepared. Grabbed essentials for the day (factor 50, towel) and climbed into the dive school pick up. A-lo had opted for a day of loungers, books and lunch at Moon Hut….. There was a bit of hanging around before the boat left. The 2 instructors, Alan and Ian were a couple of good old boys who smoked roll-ups like a chimney and were loving expat life in Samui. They didn't look too stressed. Alan gave me...

The thunderstorm lasted all night. The constant vibrating of the patio doors was resulting in chronic sleep depravation. Up at 615, finished packing and proceeded straight to reception. Taxi driver, a real comedian, was waiting. We were waved off by the sweet girl Tum who had lent Annelise her nail varnish… After an uneventful drive to Phuket airport, we jumped on a short flight to Koh Samui where it was….sunny! Shortly after we were chauffeured to our fin...