Lesley Jones

For the past few days now it’s been overcast, but today it has just not stopped raining well it is the rainy season here in Koh Samui. When we first came here in November it was ok because it would rain really hard then the sun would come out and it could do that up to 4 times a day but at least there would be some quality sun in between. It would seem that is not the case in December as the weather has been poor for a tropical paradise. We have often got stuck somewhere for a while it's ok if it’s a girly bar with connect 4 or something but standing outside the 7 eleven is not that much fun although I did use my time wisely and got a beer from the ... read more

Well this was a night like no other and unlikely to ever be repeated. We first went out for an Indian meal at our usual restaurant, and then we went for a few cocktails to get things started. We left the bar at a quarter to twelve to go to the fusion club but we did not actually make it because of all the fire works going off in the street. The Thais go mental it would seem and the sky was a light with fireworks for a good half an hour or so. The only problem is they are not big on fire safety and would probably be arrested in England for such behavior. On several occasions we ran for cover in the bars and restaurants. One girl or it could have been a bloke ... read more

Today we hit the beach and a very pleasant day it was too. We sunbathed all day and just sat and watched the waves crash on the sand. The beach is a short moped ride away just near the famous Grandfather Rock. Its called grandfather and grandmother rocks because they have an uncanny resemblance to the female and male genitalia, consequently there is always a group of giggling tourists huddled around them taking pictures. We did the same but just on a different day but as you can see the grandfather one is rather striking. Once we had finished topping up our tans we then headed off to get ready for our Indian meal which was fantastic. All in all it’s been a boxing day like no other and we have really enjoyed it. ... read more

Koh Lanta is a small island in the Andaman Sea and we stayed here for one week in total because the place was pretty booked up with it being Christmas. We ended up staying in a hotel right on Klong Dao beach which meant it was really nice at breakfast time- sitting there having your breakfast listening to the sound of the waves crashing on the sand. We took plenty of walks here too because the beach was so long and beautiful. Ban Saladan is the main town and we went down there a few times for meals out and shopping. Generally though we just did what we came to do and that’s relax in beautiful surroundings. We did not go to the famous island of Koh Pi Pi where the beach was filmed because ... read more

Luang Prabang is a lovely place, really laid back and the people are really chilled. It’s certainly my most favorite place so far. The town has numerous restaurants and the night markets are really spectacular. It makes me laugh when you buy something off one of the stalls they always shake the money over the stall and say lucky, lucky and smile. They believe that it will bring them more money if they do this; every single stall holder does it though it’s so sweet to watch them. The official national currency in Laos is the Lao Kip but in reality they use three currencies: kip, Thai baht and us dollars. This is really confusing when it comes to paying a restaurant bill or something like that in one clever restaurant we actually got the bill ... read more