Jade and Dunny

OK so we didnt like Phi Phi. The island is beautiful but really ruined by the tourists. Everyone was posing all the time. Its more a booze booze booze kind of place - all it needs is some holiday reps, a dixy fried chicken and a few kebab houses to top it off really. Such a shame. As Phi Phi was such a let down - we were desperate to get off the island. Whilst I was getting a massage, Graham organised a lovely Valentines present. An escape to Koh Jum, a neighbouring island. Only there are no direct boats to Jum so we had to get a longtail boat over - think small wooden boat with tiny engine doing the crossing to Isle of White. Very choppy sea in a fragile little boat made for ... read more

Now we are on Koh Lanta - an island on the south west coast of Thailand. But we've been somewhere else after Koh Tao also so I'll talk about that first... The motion sickness finally stopped - Graham and I were both swaying for several hours after our last dive on Koh Tao - very weird. After I wrote my last blog we were supposed to get the night boat from Tao to Surat Thani on the mainland but when we got there there were no beds left. They offered us a mat out the back on the floor but no doubt he would have offered that to many others also and there would have been no room to lie down. We didnt fancy sitting upright on a hard floor for 6/7 hours so declined. No ... read more

So we had a really lovely time in Koh Samui, wonderful. Grabbed some dinner for Grahams birthday, it was quite a quiet night though as we all had slight hangovers from the previous night and Leon had third degree sun burns that were causing him some discomfort and us great amusement. Leaving the beautiful hotel was a little sad as we knew that would be the last luxury for the next 4 months. So I ate the free breakfast like it was my last meal, Graham wouldnt let me fill my handbag up with bread rolls though (too embarrassing apparently) Next stop Koh Pangan. Got the boat over and arrived yesterday. Staying in beach bungalows with no aircon and just a fan. Not too bad though really, just basic. The bathroom is just a wet room ... read more