We got the slow boat from Koh Samui over to Koh Tao the smallest of the 3 islands. The water around this area is beautiful a real Sapphire blue, when you get to the island the water then clears and you can see all of the fish swimming around. Koh Tao is one of the top diving spots in the world, but we will only be snorkelling. We got to Hat Sairee the main beach area and tried to book into some bungalows that we had been recommended but they were full. Wayne the...

We got the Catamaran over from Ko Pha Ngan, it is surprisingly close and only took us 30 minutes. Our ferry ticket included a taxi to the resort of our choice and as Hat Chaweng apparently has the best beaches, we opted for there. Hat Chaweng is also the main resort so very busy and quite commercialised but good for a few days. We jumped off in the centre with some other people who were heading to Lucky Mother bungalows, we followed and got a room with hot water ...

After a 3.5 hour boat ride we arrived in Ko Phangan, via Ko Tao which looked absolutely beautiful with the clearest sea I have ever seen. Ko Phangan is famed for its monthly Full Moon party, but we had just missed that, it is also home to the 1/2 Moon party, Shiva Moon party and the Black Moon Party. We got off of the boat and there were loads of touts trying to get us to take us to their bungalows and guest houses, we walked through them to the main centre and...

So after nearly 2 weeks in Saigon we made it to Bangkok on 02 September. We flew in to the new airport and got the express bus to Khao San Road, we looked at some of the rooms on the main drag, but there were really expensive and quite grotty. Wayne was absolutely knackered so he sat in a bar while I went out and looked for a half decent room. I found a new hotel on Khao San but it was really expensive, I could not be bothered to look any further for one day s...

As some of you may know we stayed a lot longer in Saigon (as it is still referred to by everyone) than we wanted or expected! We arrived at Pham Ngu Lao, the backpacker district at about 7pm, we found a nice hotel for $15 we then rushed out and had a steak dinner, I opted for a small burger, my belly was not 100%. We woke late after a long lie in and headed out for some breakfast, we had a quiet day looking around the area and checking out the prices for out tou...