I flew from Ko Samui to Bangkok the other day. I met up with my new tour group. Everyone is very nice but not quite what I expected. Its more a range of age groups and not as lively as my last group. New tour leader is a Thai girl called Pauline who is just lovely and all girly and giggly and has the most beautiful long dark hair. Had quite an early first night and started exploring Bangkok the next day. We went to the main sights in Bangkok: the Wat Pho, the Gr...

I flew to Ko Samui yesterday morning. Was still feeling a bit anxious about heading for the beach as it was pouring with rain in Bangkok, but I arrived in Samui and it was glorious. What a relief!! I have a cute little hut all to myself right on the beach. And all I can see into the distance is sea and gorgeous beach. It really is exactly what I was hoping. The weird thing is having nothing to do, which was the idea but after having a pretty hectic schedule in C...