The weather had been pretty hostile for a few days, delaying our plans to go to Koh Phi Phi. We finally arrived through heavy downpours, to the beautiful island of Koh Phi Phi Don. The ferry moored in at the port in Tonsai Bay. The island consists of two stunning Limestone cliffs joined by a large isthmus of white sand which is now home to numerous resorts, bars and shops, etc. Like most Thai islands on the Andaman coast, Phi Phi was badly effected by the 2004 Ts...

We bumpedinto Jill and her husband Jack from GVI whilst we were in town and they invited us to their end of term party this weekend in Ao Luk. The party was great fun and I enjoyed meeting all the local Thai people. Many of the locals knoew Warner and were very happy and suprised to him again. They treated Warner as a son or grandson and would even call him so. I met Nong, Superchai, Pi Ban and Kitty; local people who Warner knew well. It was great to put faces ...

Today I took a day trip to the nearby Hong Islands as Warner was SCUBA Diving. I was picked up by a minibus from the Jungle Village Resort across the road. The bus took us to a pier at the end of the beach where we boarded a speedboat to an emerald green lagoon about 20 minutes from Ao Nang and then onto the Hong Islands. Arriving at Hong Island we had the whole place to ourselves... by that I mean me and the 17 other tourists that came on the same boat. Everyon...

I signed up to complete my Advanced Open Water SCUBA Diving qualification with Kon-Tiki Divers in Ao Nang, Krabi. An early start to diving with a 07:40 pick up and transfer to the boat where I met my instructor, Magnus. He was a really cool guy and a very good instructor. Alongside him was the Divemaster, Ike. Ike was a young guy from Germany who I really got along with. Our first dive would be a wreck dive which didn't get off to a good start. Once in the wate...

We have been in Ao Nang for a while now and have spent much of our time relaxing on the beach, trying different restaurants or taking shelter from the occassional rain storm in our lovely apartment. We've spent this weekend in a place called Railey. Railey is a beach that, alongside Ao Tonsai is cut off from Ao Nang and the rest of the mainland by a virtually impassable rocky headland. Access is by the ubiquitous Longtail boat with the chugging engine, sur...