SarahandTom

Although we said we were annoyed the train attendant who woke us before we reached Bangkok it was actually really interesting to watch out of the window on the last hour of the journey, we saw so many night markets and basically watched the outskirts of the city begin to wake up. After arriving back in the City of Angels we managed to brush off the rip off taxi people and get a taxi driver who would use his meter to take us to the Hilton. We were feeling pretty pleased with ourselves! Although he managed to get lost, he did finally get us there and for a lot cheaper than the others wanted, we gave him a ‘big’ (relative to the amount he charged) tip to say thanks for being honest and he seemed super ... read more

Sarah awoke with a bad back, thanks to Tom kneeing her in the back really hard in his sleep, when she started to cry he shouted at her and went back to sleep. Despite this we started off the day early as we were meeting for diving at 7.45am, so we had a fresh orange juice before heading off. We were told it looked like a storm was coming in, but it would probably blow over as we were on such a small Island. After navigating a small boat and then on to the main dive boat our first destination was Shark Island. Tom was going to snorkel, (he is not yet PADI qualified so unfortunately could not dive, and as the site was for advanced divers only he could not do another try dive), but ... read more

We started our day by going to the restaurant for a drink and to sit in some shade to write yesterday’s blog (we were too drunk last night). Sarah sought out another hammock to sit in and attempted to write the blog from there. Lise (the owner) came over after a bit and we told her our news and talked about weddings. She told us about the wedding they had at Seaflower earlier in the year and it sounded amazing. After writing the blog we were hungry and decided to eat something in the restaurant, we went for sandwiches as it was a weird time of day (too late for breakfast and too early for lunch really), the sandwiches were amazing and confirmed to us what a fab place Seaflower is. We talked about returning soon. ... read more

So we arrived here after a long and tiring journey, but we are eventually in Koh Phangnan. We were shown immediately to our bungalow, which although basic is lovely and just what we hoped for. It’s literally steps away from the beach and has a hammock on the balcony. We love it. We were hungry after our journey so after settling into our new home, testing out the hammock and having a quick wander on the beach we sought out the restaurant. It is this really cool large open dining area, with a variety of seats ranging from hammocks and cushions to lay on, to long benches and tree top tables, to small tables for two. The menu is HUGE, ranging from western food to Eastern food and everything in between, we were spoilt for choice. ... read more

We started off our day by oversleeping, we didn’t wake until 8.30am, when we had planned to be in the market at that time! And then we only woke as the cleaner turned on the hoover outside our bedroom door (we think she wanted us out to be able to clean!). After packing up and moaning that we’d packed too much stuff we headed off for breakfast. We enjoyed an odd mix for breakfast, combining Western and Eastern foods. After breakfast we headed out to Chatuchuk market, one of the largest markets in the world. We were expecting the skytrain to be quiet as it’s a weekend, how wrong we were. If you thought London underground gets busy in rush hour, this is nothing compared to a Bangkok Skytrain on market day! Thai people seem to ... read more