Got the 7am bus to Hat Yai which took nearly 5 hours. The drivers are in no hurry and will only set off when they want to! After a hot and sticky journey we arrived and found a hotel for the night. Its pretty s***e but at least there is hot water...so we have been told! Wondered around for something to do but there is nothing. Headed for familiar grounds....KFC and feasted on chicken, chips and a pepsi! It is not geared for foreign visitors and we ...

Today we booked an afternoon trip to Ao Thalene, Krabi for a tour of the mangrove forest. Before we departed, Sarah insisted on buying some bananas for the monkeys which were advertised to board the canoes for a treat. We shared a canoe and thankfully we didn't get seasick this time! The limestone cliffs were surrounding us and the water was quite smelly. We paddled our way through to a canyon and on the way we were engulfed by about 20 monkeys. The fi...

We got cought in a huge down pour early in the morning which was a nice freshing shower! It rained most of the morning so we decided to go back to bed. When the sun decided to make an appearence we helped out with the clean-up operation on the beach which was to collect the debris left from the tsumuni. The locals are busy re-building the shops and hotels so are very greatfull to any holiday makers who wish to help out in anyway. We felt like we di...

Today we booked to go on a boat trip to do snorkerling around Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Lei, where The Beach was filmed. We headed off at 10am and by about 10.20 we were both feeling very seasick indeed. We both chucked up in the toilet and felt crap. We arrived at the first diving bay and we were advised that getting in the water would make us feel better. We gently got in but didn't feel like snorkling so just bobbed along in life jackets. I was fine unt...

We headed off today from Patong for Kho Phi Phi Island. We got a early morning ferry and arrived about 11am on what is such a tropical paradise. We were in need of hot water as it had been 3 days of using a cold shower in Patong and we wanted a little luxury! We found a nice guesthouse which had A/C and hot water....bonus! It was a very new guesthouse like much of the buildings on the beach in phi Phi as it was affected so badly by the tsumuni back in Dec. ...