hi sueeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! well how are u all?? whats going on? whats the gossip?? well now ive done the polite thing i'l tell u what im up to!!! (it's all me me me me!) after a mission of a journey from koh tao (1 stormy boat journey two buses and a 10 hour overnite train journey from thailand to the mayalsian border a futher moto and taxi drive we finaly arived in khota barue for an over nite stay the only thing good i can say about the place ice cream for 20p! needless to say we bailed asap when van and anna arived and we headed for the pardise islands of the perhentians! they were gorgeous white soft talkon powder sands, turquoise sea, sunshine and surounded by coral reefs!! (downside muslim country no drinking!) we spent four days there in our lil bungalow hut! which had limited lecky as the whole place is powered by generators so we would just have no power for most of the day (very robinson cruso i thought!) well me n beth decided to get our scuba diving rite on an do some fun dives before our course in cairns! so we got kitted up into scuba steve and scuba sam! and learnt the basics with our instructor "super cindy" (yes she was an american with a name like that!) so we did dives and we saw all sorts (there was that many nemos i got bord with em!!) baracuda, cleaner shrimps giant moray eles, stingrays etc etc and i total recomend diveing it's just like being in another world like a masiveeee fish bowl! needless to say were now hooked and can't wait to get to cairns to get our scooba on the great barrie reef!!!! when we wearn't diving we snorkled, sunbathed and of course eat loads of bbq seafood!! (tell ya what i need 14 stone 1day!) after staying longer than we planned we had to bail to get through the rest of malaysia in our short time left in asia!! well check out the photo's and don't get to jelous will ya's!! update again soon!! x x x x x x x x