Col and Sara

We arrived in Dubai at 7 in the morning after a 15 hour flight we were knackered and were really happy that the hotel had sent a driver to pick us up and when we got to the hotel we only had to wait 30 minutes before we could check in. The first day was a bit of a wasted day. We were both so tired so didnt feel like doing much. We spent day 2 at Wild Wadi water park. There aren’t many big rides at the park and it’s ideal for families. The biggest ride was a 33-metre freefall slide described as the tallest and fastest free-fall slide outside of North America with speeds of 80km per hour on which you will experience the exhilaration of weightlessness. It was all over in about ... read more

After Singapore we moved onto the Gold Coast to stay with Terry and Lisa for a couple of weeks. The first couple of days we went to the beach at Surfers Paradise (which was excellent) and we went to Broadbeach, which was even nicer. Broadbeach is not as busy as Surfers because there are fewer tourists. The main street in Broadbeach has a load of nice bars and restaurants and the locals tend to drink and eat out here rather than Surfers. We tried to go skydiving in Surfers, but when we got to the hangar the weather was a bit too cloudy and windy. We waited in the hangar until lunchtime, but the weather forecast didn’t improve so all dives were cancelled and we got a refund. We’d psyched ourselves up to do the ... read more

We didnt do a blog for Koh Lanta because to be honest in the 2 days we were there we did very little other than sit by the beach, read and do a bit of research on the internet on Malaysia but all the same it was a nice island and a shame we didn't have more time to get out and see it. When we got to Langkawi (Smallish Island off North West Peninsular Malaysia) we decided we would have to get out an see more of this island so we hired a car for 40 RM (6.50GBP) and as you can see you pay for what you get because it was the smallest car in the world. OK maybe a slight exageration there. We had a brilliant day just going out and about ... read more

Arrived at Mild Bungalows mid afternoon. The accommodation was nice, but didn't have a pool and is a 5min walk from Nat Nopparat Thara beach so we haven't spent much time at the bungalows. We went for a few drinks in the evening to watch the Everton v Charlton game at the Funky Fish bar... great result for the blues! Just as the match finished there was a torrential downpour so we were stuck in the bar... normally this would be happy days, but we had to get up early next morning to attend a Thai Cooking course at Siam Cooking school. When the rain died down a bit we managed to get a tuk tuk to our hotel. The tuk tuks are great here... they only charge 20 baht each (33p) and they will ... read more

The boat trip over to Koh Phangan was not as smooth as the one to Koh Tao. So bad infact that colin joined the queue at the back of the boat to to throw up his breakfast. I have to admit I was glad to see land too. Had to concentrate really hard to keep my breakfast down. On arriving it turned out the Map on the back of the brouchure was a bit out of scale and we were actually staying near Thongsala (Phrueska Resort) and not Ban Tai as we were led to believe... so it was a good 20 + minutes by taxi into Haad Rin which is the liveliest resort on the island. Being near Thongsala was not that bad a thing really as it meant we had quite a few ... read more