we arrived at the ferry terminal in Koh Tao late afternoon to take a ferry to Krabi. this was a big cargo boat and would take us and all the rubbish off Koh Tao to the mainland. once we were onboard we started talking to an irish couple who were traveling to Koh Phi Phi. and after a while we all went to bed. this was a suprisingly comfy journey and we didn't wake up at all. but josh stupidly left his bag on the floor while all the water from the ship washed aroun...

we took the ferry across to Koh Tao we were told that the seas were rough this morning, but we didn't think much of it!we boarded and put our bags downstairs then went to sit up on deck. this was probably one of the most fun ferry crossings i have ever encounted! shortly after departing the first victim already fell ill and started throwing up! but the waves just got worse and worse. the swell was huge and the boat was crashing through 12 - 15 ft waves easily. t...

this was the second busiest island off the coast of Thailand. we stayed in a small resort call My Phangan, basically we had a bungalow for about 3-4 days and all we did was read, swim and basically relax after the busy city of Bankok! the sun was warm the weather breezy and the sea was clear. it was perfect! everynight we headed up onto the main road to go to a freindly bar where thye owner (althorugh Thai) was american. he had a good policy going he'd put musi...

back to bloody hot bankok now for christmas eve eve (23rd) till the 27th of december. we left all our group members (apart from mick who we couldn't seem to shake!) and veingtai hotel in the familar surroundings of our previous trip. mick stayed with us until he had to fly out that night back to sunny old scotland! so in the meantime we had to find our new hotle which took us about 1 hour to find becasue we just walked and walked until we saw a swasadee hotel! ...

chiang mai is one of Thialands largest cities and was once the capital before Bankok. its a huge place thats most famous for its night markets. thiese are on every night and last till early hours of the morning. we figured out our way around and headed for a bar, suprise suprise. josh went for his hair cut that nearly went horribly wrong while we (me, mick and jen) sat down and drank a couple of bevvies. we had a few games of pool and drank cheep beer. after th...