Confirm, confirm, confirm Tim and Sue have arrived in Thailand, which is the last country to visit in the round-the-world trip. After a pretty easy and short flight from Singapore they opted for a fairly swish airport transfer to Koh Lanta via speedboat - they have, after all, become accustomed to 'flashpacking' from time to time at this point. It was all going well with both of them really looking forward to staying at the Narima, a secluded spot owned by a couple of Thai doctors and reputed to have excellent food. However, due to a technology failure their reservation hadn't been confirmed. Oops. As it happens the owner was mortified and drove us around looking for somewhere else to stay - they went for the Amantra a couple of mins north on Ao Khlong Nin
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