22 November 2010 Our last morning in Langkawi started early as we got up to start work on a little project of ours that we are not at liberty to share with you all as yet….( I could tell you but I’d have to kill you). All I can say is that I didn’t really want to be up as early as we were but c’est la vie! Having completed our mission for the minute we headed onwards to breakfast, and a list of tasks that we had written for us to achieve prior to leaving for our next destination. Breakfast therefore was also an opportunity to take the laptop with us and have a working brekkie… (how London are we?) We strolled along the road to a place we had visited yesterday for a ... read more

Well that is the by-line as you arrive, and what they want you to believe. The legends are apparently many, including feuding giants that threw stuff about that turned into the landscape, and they then got punished by being turned into the two largest mountains on the island, and a maiden who was innocently executed and in turn cursed the island - by doing so and to prove her innocence her blood flowed white which seeped into the land staining the sand white here. 18th November 2010 Never more so than today has the day has the moniker “ the day after the night before” been appropriate on this holiday. So much so that I have zero pictures and not much to say. I did see the beach today and it was stunning - white sand ... read more

16 November 2010 An unexpected day in Koh Lanta -we had wanted to go to Langkawi today but unfortunately there were no ferries running because it was the first day of a Muslim festival and we therefore, effectively , had a day to kill. We will have an early start tomorrow so no alarm was set today. I have also become even slower (if that was possible) at getting going in the morning with the result that, even though we awoke around 8am, it was gone 9am by the time we emerged from our bungalow. It was quieter than usual and it wasn’t until we had taken our seats at a table ready to order breakfast that we realised that there was only one member of staff in the whole complex. The reason for this ... read more

12 November 2010 7:30 am and no rain. I looked out of our bedroom window towards the sea. Where, yesterday, there had hung heavy grey clouds today there hints of blue. However, yesterday started this way and the last weather forecast we saw predicted more of the same for today. This made deciding what to do today difficult. There are two things in particular that we wanted to do, firstly walk to the island view point and secondly take a boat trip snorkelling which includes a stop at Maya Bay - “The Beach”. It may not entirely surprise you to discover that the day passed without either of these outings having formed a part of it. We met Scott & Sara for breakfast during which time the sun came out to play and the temperature began ... read more

8 November 2010 Day two in Phuket and I think that, today, we have come to more of an understanding with it. That is not to say that we are suddenly in love with the place but Kata Beach is, if you over look the Newquayness of it, a relaxing place to while away half a day on a sun lounger paying £2 each for the privilege. Oh and did I mention that Phuket has surf? So today looked like it was gearing up to involve me reading (I have developed an ability to read at an alarming pace as if my life depends on it - or perhaps it had just been laying dormant) and Gregg hiring a board and making the most of the first surf to be sighted in the last 2 ... read more