We arrived in Koh Tao and after that journey I just wanted a hostel bed but we hasn't managed to book anywhere so we was just having to turn up, the difficult part was that there was 8 of us. We jumped in a taxi and went to the other side of the island called Sairee Beach, this is the main part of the island and where all the backpackers stay. The streets were real thin and only big enough for people and scooters with shops either side. Luckily we only walked for...

We arrived on Koh Phangan in the sopping rain, half refusing to get off the ferry in that weather. I put my waterproof cover on my bag and got on our way! We ran (I hobbled) to the nearest shelter and tried to spot where to flag a taxi from. The rain wasn't easing up so we had to just man up and get on with it, we walked about 200 metres to the taxi point, by this time we were drenched through and there was about 5cm of water on the ground, slipping and sliding i...

We were all so shattered on the flight to Thailand, all we wanted to do was sleep but the chairs were obviously built for Asians (we flew AirAsia so I shouldn't be surprised), the chairs were minuscule, had to sit bolt up right because all our knees were touching the chairs in front. It was only a 90 minute flight but it was 90 minutes to long. Kate and I started to watch The Wire but before we had even taken off the battery went, we tried to tried to put a pillo...