Yes, we're still alive! Nearly 3 weeks since the last blog, and an entire country has been and gone since then, so it's high time for an update. We're now in Vietnam, having travelled through Cambodia from Thailand. We left you last on our final day in Kanchanaburi, awaiting transport down to the South of Thailand. This turned out to be one of the longest and most convoluted journeys so far - 2 buses, 2 motos, 1 boat, 1 jeep ride, and a train (on which we managed to fall asleep and miss our stop!). Eventually, almost 24 hours since leaving Kanchanaburi, we arrived on Ko Phayam. Ko Phayam is just off the Andaman coast, and a relatively unknown Thai island (compared to the likes of Phuket etc.). Its only 11km x 4km in size and
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