Surprise Meeting in Koh Tao March 15th 2006 The start of the Islands.......
We managed to get a nice comfy air con seat on the boat from Chumphon to Koh Tao. It took a couple of hours - mind you we were constantly being hassled by guys trying to get us to stay at their resorts. Some of them were gorgeous and we would have loved to have stayed but they were well over our budget!!! Koh Tao is excellent for diving so loads of people do t ... read more
Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Tao A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more
Hi...we're Karen & Jamie and we have left our jobs at home in 'sunny' Northampton, England (now 'self-unemployed')to pursue a life-long dream to travel. We started our year long around-the-world adventure on Feb 6th 2006 in Hong Kong. After 5 nights we are moving on to Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia (where a little work may be needed!), New Zealand, Fiji, Cook Islands & finally the USA.... full info