It's amazing how you [or maybe it's just me] forget things when you've been away for a while. There are so many changes in Cyprus since we left 3 months ago and yet in many ways time has stood still. There are new shops and restaurants opened whilst others, sadly, have closed down. We now have a proper post office in the village; funny to think they are closing the local post offices back home but opening them up here; likewise, new churches are being built her...

Back by popular demand! As so many of you, [2 in all] have told us you find it hard to start your working day without first checking out our blog, We see it as our obligation to the smooth running of the country [Whichever country] to keep you informed of our whereabouts and what we're up to every now and again, so here goes..... We arrived back in the U.K to nice, clear, crisp, winter weather and had a pleasant journey from Gatwick to our friend's house in...

The journey from Koh Pha-ngan to Bangkok was splendid. The first leg consisted of four hours aboard a large catamaran, sailing under blue skies, passing pretty islands, the odd boat and very little else. When we arrived at the port of Chumphon we made our way along the long rickety wooden pier with the lovely name of Thungmakhamnoi . [We were, once again, glad of our back packs; it would have been hard work wheeling a suitcase along the pier, see photos] We wai...

We had an hour sawngthaew taxi trip booked to our next destination, Hat Rin, located in the south of the Island of Ko Pha-Ngnan. In fact, the driver drove like a maniac over the bumpy concrete roads and we arrived in just under half an hour with our innards in our laps. We gave him the name of a guest house we had seen advertised in the lonely planet; he shook his head and said 'I take you somewhere better, velly cheap'. Ok, that sounded like a good idea and he...

Paradise, we're in paradise, but it was one hell of a journey getting here!!!! 7.40 sitting outside our hotel in Phuket waiting for our mini bus. 8.40 mini bus arrives an hour late. Grinning driver says '14 peoples', we didn't have a clue what he was on about, there were only the 2 of us so we climbed aboard and took 2 comfy seats with plenty of leg room for Dave. We stopped along the way to pick up 2 nice guys, one from Sweden, one from Germany and off we we...