Mel and Matt

It's been a very long time but... from Phi Phi we went to Phuket town where we spent two days checking out the city. There really wasn't much there, we did end up going to a Thai movie theater. There was only one movie that had english sub titles, so we had to go to that one. It was a pretty good movie, but they turn up the air con so high in the theater,I was shivering about 20 min into it. I felt like I was back home already!! From Phuket we went to Khao Lak, which is on the mainland, but still on the coast. From there we took a day diving trip to the Similin Islands where we got to dive with Manta Rays. They were so amazing, we saw about 6 and ... read more

We took a ferry from Ko Lanta to Koh Jum, where you have to jump from the ferry onto a long tail boat to get to the island. There is not much on the island except the basics. We got a little hut in the back of the lot, it was actually pretty nice for 300 baht, expect the electricity only ran from around 7pm to around 5am. Thats when the fan turned off and the room started to heat up. So there was definetly no sleeping in there. On our first day we rented bicycles and rode into town. Which is about 30 huts lined up down a street. We managed to find some fruit and water though. The we biked across the island to the north, which was about 8km. We saw a lot ... read more

Well, it’s been a while since our last entry. That’s because we really haven’t done too much. After Koh Samui we went to Koh Phangan. On Jan 3rd we went to a Full Moon party. It was pretty cool. The boat there was a fun experience. It was low tide, so we all had to wade out to the boat. Then for the 40 min ride we all got sprayed until we were soaked. And then when we got dropped off we all had to jump out the side and wade into shore. Other than that the ride was beautiful, it was a clear sky, and of course a full moon. The party is pretty much a huge rave on the beach. So it was a bit much for me, I don’t really like techno and ... read more

I hope that everyone is enjoying their holidays! We definetly are, it's New Years Eve today, so we are just getting ready for our party. But we do have some stories to tell about the Christmas and the last few days first. Our Christmas dinner was really fun. We got a shot of thai whiskey to start it off, a bit gross. But then they had a big roast dinner which included a lot of thai food as well as roast beef, chicken and fish. And to accompany our meal was a nice lady-boy show. It was really interesting, it was also really hard to believe that some of them were guys. They take a lot of hormone pills so they grow to look like a woman more naturally than surgery. It's quite a different culture ... read more