Well it has been a fun filled 24 hours ... After enjoying a lovely 3 course Thai lunch yesterday at the resort we ventured down the hill to the local town on Bang Po. We walked along the secluded beach (this is not a very busy area of the island so we were not around many other tourists) and enjoyed a drink in a quiet beach bar whilst the boys played in the sand. There will be more of this as it was so peaceful and relaxing. Given the boys were running on less than 5 hours sleep from the night before we dropping in a 7-11 to pick up some "ready made" dinner for the boys and they at in the room fairly early and went to bed by 7pm local time (10pm Aussie time!). ... read more

Survived the overnight flight - just! Can't say it was easy after leaving home at 4 pm and sitting in heavy traffic for 2.5 hrs to get to Gold Coast. By the time we arrived at the parking location, took a shuttle to the airport, checked in etc the boys were "interesting." Thankfully they were tired by the time we took off but it was a bit rough taking off through that horrible weather. Oh .. Another benefit of Air Asia ... We got soaked boarding the plane (that's another funny story). Anyway Blake slept the most .. Dylan the least. They are coping surprisingly well given the severe lack of sleep overnight. Excitement is keeping them going (and free wifi at the airport now). Arrived in KL 4.30am local time. Met with vet bust low ... read more