After a relaxing few days in Koh Phangan we headed to Koh Tao where we had planned to do our a 4 day PADI Open Water scuba diving course. We had read that Koh Tao is one of the best places in the world to scuba as it is so beautiful underwater and it is also really cheap! The day we arrived we went straight off the ferry to Crystal dive resort where we would complete our course. We met two guys from England who were also going to be on the same course as us and ...

We've had a very chilled out 5 days in Koh Phangnan. We came across on the ferry and hadn't booked any accommodation so we were pleased to find Coral Bungalows which is really nice and also cheap. It has got its own pool, restuarant, bar, health and beauty salon and internet cafe so its got everything we need right here, no need to leave! On the second day after we arrived we just chilled by the pool reading all the books we got from Bangkok. After attempting t...

After 23 hours of travelling from Bangkok we finally made it to our apartment after a day filled with endless train, boat and bus rides (with the occasional heavy lifting of the backpacks). We arrived at our apartment in the evening and crashed in our room. We were pleasantly surprised to find that we had been upgraded and therefore had our own bathroom, a tv and a fridge! On our first day we headed for the beach which was is a 5 minute walk and began to work on...

We arrived at Lek's after an extremely comfortable journey. We got a VIP bus which meant we got free food (which we did not eat) and were also very excited when Narnia came on the tv. Although we were soon disappointed when we realised it was in Thai of course. When we got nearer we told the bus driver the stop we needed to get off at which was Khukan district. When she finally understood us we realised we had already missed the stop and we're heading to Ubon. Af...

Hello from Thailand! We finally made it here after a long, long trip from Cape Town. Our flight to Singapore was suprisingly enjoyable as it was filled with in-flight entertainment (Friends, Love Actually etc) and lots of yummy food and drinks. But this was short lived as we then had to entertain ourselves for 5 hours in Singapore Airport, cue sleeping on hard, cold, uncomfortable seats. We eventually arrived in Bangkok at 10am and were quickly ushered (along wit...