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The hospital changed our time so we didn't have to be there until 7.15. Lewis was fine the night before but in the morning he was nervous. The nurses were very good and let him sniff all the flavours that he could choose to go in his face mask for putting him to sleep. He went for water melon this time - it makes such a difference to the kids who are frightened of putting the mask on, you wonder why we dont do it in UK. He went down about 9.15am and was back in recovery by 11am. He was very shakey an upset but perked up after a while and had a bit to eat and drink. After a while though he started getting leg spasms and needed the valium IV to help with ... read more

We have had a proper chance to check out the hotel now and are pretty impressed. The breakfast buffet is included. You can make your own waffles, there's fruit, porridge, cooked stuff etc plus drinks. In the evening they also lay on a light meal, plus free beer and wine. The food is pretty basic - a nice salad, then a main course which changes every day. We ate there tonight as it was hammering with rain and pretty cold out but as there's no choice, we wont always bother. There is a small indoor pool and a nice hot jacuzzi. After all the travelling yesterday and sleeping scrunched up, Lewis was in a terrible state this morning and could hardly move. We sat him in the jacuzzi for a while, did some stretches and made ... read more

For our last day at Khao Sok, we were taken on a trip (6 in our party) to a speed boat pier and along the river to the mangrove swamps. We saw some 150 year old Banyan trees where the roots hang down like elephant tails. In the trees we saw a large bright green snake and a black one with yellow patches - both deadly. We then did a bit of kayaking before transferring to a Burmese Junk and having a buffet lunch of - you guessed it, noodles, rice, fish, prawns and finishing off with bananas, pineapple and water melon. After that we were taken to a deserted island for an hour to swim. We had to stay in the water as it was so hot out. We were taken back to the pier ... read more

After we left Bangkok we flew 1 hour to Krabi. 20 min drive to our hotel which is on the edge of the town and beach, 5 mins walk. The room is very large with a balcony overlooking the pool, so we are pleased with it but the breakfast is very average, especially after the hotel in Bangkok. We have been very adventurous with our food. The first night we went into a restaurant and ordered things. They bought us some soup that we hadn't ordered but we werent quite sure if it was a finger washing bow. There was also an egg which upon checking was raw. I didn't know what to do with it so we left it - I later found out we should have put it in the soup, along with the ... read more

Only just over a week to go. Snow here and 0c - over there it's 30c!... read more