Karen and Matt

We had to drag ourselves out of bed for breakfast. When we arrived instead of being given a menu we were told we could have anything we wanted so Matt decided to have an omelette and I asked for a pancake. There was a small table set out with coffee, toaster, fruit and cereal, and the terrace was empty apart from us. We were starting to wonder if we were the only guests there. After eating we decided to take a walk along the beach. Although we'd walked the length of it the previous night it had been too dark to see. There were still ropes strewn up the beach a few inches from the ground but at least in the daylight we could see them coming. Outside our resort the sand was made up of ... read more

I was excited to be spending a whole day of doing nothing today. Matt had agreed to go on a trip with a few other people as he was keen to see some caves on the island, but to be honest, I was just so pleased to be in such a pretty spot that I didn’t want to leave. I was also secretly looking forward to a bit of time on my own to give me a chance to think about my plan for when I get home. Breakfast was the best we’d had so far in Thailand and maybe on the whole trip. It was a big buffet with everything you could want - bacon, pancakes, croissants, toast, rolls, freshly made omelettes - everything. We ate for a very long time making the most of ... read more

Suki, the lady who ran the resort, spent the morning helping us decide which boat transfer to take to Ko Mook the following day. You’d think it would be easy, but far from it. There were lots of different speedboats, all stopping at different parts of the island. Some involved getting a long tail to the resort, whereas others cost more but went right to the resort. Eventually we decided to book one that took us straight there as it seemed the easiest option even though it cost the most. Relieved we went to breakfast. We’d learned to avoid the bacon and sausage so went for an easy option of cereal and toast instead (although the bread in Thailand is a strange sweet bread that doesn’t make good toast so even that wasn't good.) After eating ... read more

Luckily we both woke up feeling fine - maybe the 12 hours in a coma helped us sleep off the hangovers?! It was sad to be moving on but it was exciting knowing we still had many islands left to explore. We grabbed ourselves a long tail to take us to the pier to catch our next ferry. The boat was a much smaller speedboat than last time. There was only one floor of seating and there were probably about 30 people on board. It was the express boat so the journey only took us an hour. It was smooth all the way so Matt didn’t even need his Travacalm tablets! When we docked at the pier at Ko Lanta we had to climb from our boat, onto another boat in order to get off. We’re ... read more

We got up late and went down for breakfast. We both decided on the banana pancakes (maybe it was because we'd recently read The Beach!) with fresh fruit, coffee and fruit juice. It was all included in the price of our room so felt like another bargain. We got our things together and made our way down the steep, dengerous looking steps to Long Beach. It was hectic around the main beachfront resorts and there were people, food stalls and long tails everywhere. We found a section of sand and set ourselves up for a lay and a swim in the cordoned off area that was to protect swimmers from the mass of long tails that were touting for business. Swimming was superb. It was so easy to float that when I tried swimming on my ... read more